The Mars Area School District will not raise taxes or furlough staff in order to meet their 2016-17 budget.
The school board approved a $45.8 million budget Tuesday that includes a $1.3 million deficit which will be balanced with money from the district’s general fund. The general fund will have about $2 million at the end of next school year if things go as budgeted.
District administration had originally anticipated furloughing four positions but those teachers will be moved into the ‘English as a Second Language’ program where the district will no longer need to contract out for those services.
This is the ninth consecutive year that Mars has not raised their tax millage rate.
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