Milwaukee Schools' budget planners anticipate losing 300 jobs

Erin Richards

Preliminary Milwaukee Public Schools budget predictions for fiscal 2012 include a slight dip in student enrollment and the loss of more than 300 full-time jobs, primarily because of a drop in federal stimulus and education jobs money, according to an analysis by the district's budget office.

But the head of the School Board's budget committee said Wednesday that it's too early in the budgeting process for any financial predictions to carry much weight, mostly because nobody knows how much money will be available for schools in the next state budget under the new governor.

Terry Falk, chair of the board's Committee on Strategic Planning and Budget, said at a committee meeting Tuesday that even the district's budget forecast for next year is less predictable than it's been at this point in the past several budget cycles.

"Any prediction at this point is not worth the paper it's printed on," Falk said, noting that the administration can only make projections based on what it knows right now, and that all that could change quickly.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 11, 2010 2:03 AM
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