Question: Trimming the School Budget

School boards and administrators are working on next year’s budgets and by most accounts, things are looking tight.

The  and voter frustration with increasing costs are creating close scrutiny of budgets. Budget worksops have been ongoing in school districts Huntington and South Huntington for weeks.

South Huntington administrators  becuase of difficult economic times, Superintendent Thomas Shea said at a meeting last week.

A South Huntington budget workshop to discuss transportation is sceduled for March 14 at .

The Huntington School District estimates a budget deficit of more than $848,000 — not including potential costs of reopening the Jack Abrams school, .

The next Huntington budget session is set for March 19 at school to discus employee benefits, fund transfers and capital.

If you were a member of the school board, what program or cost would you cut? Tell us in the comments.