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Covered by Documenter Rick Bohan (notes)
Akron schools identifies $700,000 of expenses not in original budget
The Akron school system is facing a gap in its budget this fiscal year, according to Akron Public Schools’ Chief Financial Officer Stephen Thompson. “Since the beginning of this school year… we’ve added about $700,000 in expenses that are not budgeted for,” he told the board at their Nov. 27 meeting.
The extra spending was mostly for personnel, but some went to vehicles. The board discussed the process of how un-budgeted items are approved, especially requests for additional positions from schools.
Superintendent C. Michael Robinson Jr. said there is a new “blueprint” to guide the budget process.
Event scheduling software is fully operational
Executive Director of Business Affairs Debra Foulk outlined a newly operational event-scheduling system APS is using to manage its spaces. This includes use and rental by the City of Akron of APS community learning centers.
This replaces an older, paper-based system and provides “at-a-glance” visibility to facility schedules, streamlining the process, Foulk said.
