Fake budget will be posted soon

At last night's school board meeting, Jan Klein identified the unknowns which impact preliminary budgets.

• State funding, which represents 15-16% of the budget, is an unknown since Governor Corbett has not proposed his budget.
• Staffing needs have yet to be determined. The deadlines for Student Course Selections as well as Kindergarten Interviews are no later than February 1.
• Retirements
• Health care increases represent 10% of the budget.
• Proposed legislation for PSERS

By posting a fake budget, this preserves the board's Act 1 options going forward. As reported, this practice is "typical for this time of year." Isn't that the typical response we get from Ms. Klein? What I believe they are saying is that our taxes are going up, but we just don't know by how much. Nothing was mentioned about the $900,000 grievance.