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Trimming The Budget At North Kansas City Schools Good News

The news that North Kansas City schools are implementing a plan to trim their budget by $1 million should be applauded by the public. North Kansas City schools, like many other school districts, need to realize that there is not an unlimited pool of funding available.

North Kansas City Schools Have Only a Limited Amount of Funding Available

North Kansas City schools need to receive enough funding to ensure that students have the tools they need to learn. The problem with school budgets in general (not just the budget for North Kansas schools) is that the people in charge of those funds tend to forget exactly where the money comes from. The government can only collect so much in taxes, after all.

The challenge faced by North Kansas City schools is how to keep costs in line, while still providing a quality education. Since the vast majority of school board spending is on salaries, this is the budget item that might fist be examined for possible cuts. School business is a tough business. Teacher salaries are always a topic for debate and yet talented teachers are in demand and schools are finding it difficult to address budget needs at the teacher level.

Budget Goals at North Kansas City Schools Can Be Met Without Cutting Staff

I applaud the decision taken by board officials responsible for North Kansas City schools in deciding to look at where the public's tax dollars are being spent and make some changes where the lion's share of the money is being spent. No jobs will be cut, but the board officials at North Kansas City schools will be making adjustments to make better use of the human resources they already have.

The easy approach, by far, would be to get the axe out and start swinging. I was very glad to read that any reductions in the staff working at North Kansas City schools will be done through attrition. The schools can be thought of as being in the service industry; they get funding to provide educational services to our young people.

When you start cutting back too deep or too quickly, the quality of that service will suffer. When the quality of education suffers, then we will all end up paying for it. The children going through North Kansas City schools are our future leaders. If we start cutting the budgets for North Kansas City schools without having a detailed plan in place, we may end up with a generation that is not well prepared for life as adults when they finish school.

We use a portion of our tax dollars to invest in the next generation because we know those young people are worth it. The board officials need to spend those funds wisely, and that may mean making changes to class size or choosing not to run some courses where there isn't enough interest to justify keeping them going. North Kansas City schools are on the right track; more school districts need to follow in their footsteps.

Patricia Hawke is a staff writer for Schools K-12, providing free, in-depth reports on all U.S. public and private K-12 schools. For more information please visit Kansas City Missouri school district.

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