By Lisa Capobianco Staff Writer The Southington Board of Education recently presented its proposed budget before the Board of Finance, requesting a total of $87,072,005 for the coming fiscal year. This reflects an increase of 3.37 percent over this year’s adopted budget of $84,233,204. The budget comes with a reduction of $187,868 from the original proposal of Southington School Supt. Dr. Joseph Erardi. Sherri DiNello, the director of Business and Finance for the school district, highlighted the areas that contributed the most to increase of the proposed budget. She said salaries account for 50.5 percent of the increase, the request in personnel accounts for just below 10 percent, and health insurance accounts for 15 percent of increase. “What is before you is a budget that is unanimously endorsed 9-0,” said Board of Education Chairman Brian Goralski during the presentation before the finance board. During a presentation before the Board of Finance, Dr. Erardi reflected back on lost programs between 2007 and 2013, referring to that period as a difficult time. Within that time frame, lost programs included an elimination of dedicated enrichment staff K-12, a reduction of middle school and high school freshmen athletic competitions, a reduction in certified library [...]
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