Cashwell outlines potential budget cuts in email to employees
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In an email to Henrico Schools employees this afternoon, Superintendent Amy Cashwell identified areas school officials are considering for spending reductions in order to close an $8 million funding gap identified by County Manager John Vithoulkas in his revised budget.
Among those areas that could see funding reductions:
• textbook, tech books and other instructional supplies;
• travel and other costs associated with professional learning;
• the county's fuel budget (lowered potentially by $1 million).
Areas for which funding could be eliminated:
• school bus replacement;
• several new capital improvement projects;
• reserve funding for furniture, school technology and band equipment;
• operating costs across multiple departments.
The county's general government will need to close an additional gap of $4.8 million and is considering a variety of ways to achieve that, including possible job cuts as a last resort.
