According to a report in BrookfieldNOW, the Elmbrook School District in Waukesha County faces a $1.5 million budget shortfall for the 2015-16 school year thanks to cuts in state aid in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed biennial budget.
During annual calculations to prepare its 2015-16 school year budget, the Elmbrook School District anticipated a $75 increase in state aid per pupil.
The assumed state aid increase would bring in an additional $480,000 for the district.
The district’s anticipated increase in revenue, of course, came before Gov. Scott Walker announced his proposed state budget would include deep cuts in public education.
Walker’s proposed budget would eliminate the $150 in state aid per pupil for the next school year, adding up to a total loss of $127 million for school districts across the state the first year, according the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Walker’s proposal would restore those lost funds in the second year, but districts would still see a net loss.
Instead of seeing an increase of $480,000 next school year, the Elmbrook School District will face an approximate $1.5 million deficit under the governor’s budget. The district has about 7,000 students.
The irony here, of course, is that the municipalities that make up the Elmbrook School District (the village of Elm Grove, the city of Brookfield, and the city of New Berlin) all voted for Gov. Scott Walker by large majorities in the 2014 election.
Boo-hoo. Elections matter.
I wonder if Elmbrook conservatives are telling their teachers to “Just suck it up & teach another class” as I’ve heard many of my Republican friends say professors in the UW system should be doing.
Just get on with it, Elmbrook. Use the tools our Dear Leader provided you with 4 short years ago – blame the teachers and cut their pay and bennies. I’m sure those tools are still valid today and won’t have any effect on morale or turnover. That and a couple extra bake sales should cover it.
Oh, and so happy Elmbrook officials are so publicly grateful to the likes of Vukmir. Keep groveling, I’m sure it will help.