The Nashville Schools are bracing for a budget cut. While costs are rising at about 3.4% due to inflation and other needed costs, the increase in the overall budget is only 1.1%. Despite the Nashville Schools best efforts to insure this deficit is not felt by students-there will certainly be changes felt by the loss of 40 classroom teachers and almost 100 custodians.
While the cuts will hurt some areas of the district, the Nashville Schools will still have some winners in the budget game. Several positions will be added, programs kept or expanded, and critical concerns addressed. For starters, there will be an overall increase in guidance counselors and attendance counselors. These are two positions that are expected to improve overall student success in Nashville Schools by steering students towards appropriate programs, and by ensuring regular and consistent attendance.
The Nashville Schools will continue to fund its attendance initiative. One key part of that is the automated phone home program that notifies parents if their children are absent from school. Nashville Schools feel this is a vital program to keep parents informed of their childs attendance, and...