Monroe School District faces 1.8 million dollar surprise deficit: Or, how the school board was kept in the dark; Or, how the tax levy still went down

This is a developing story----At the Monday night School Board meeting, the Monroe school board members learned that they had a 1.8 million dollar deficit to deal with. Evidentally, the business manager felt he had no obligation to tell them of it since he reported to the Superintendant, who had resigned.

The expenses that were cited for the deficit were energy related, technology related and state reimbusement. It is unclear to the Observer why these would not have budgeted items and how they caused such a large deficit...Stay tuned for facts as they develop....

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