Tupper schools plan staff cuts as aid dwindles
TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Central School District is set to lose 17 to 20 jobs in the coming school year. As district officials have put together their budget, which is up for a public vote on May 21, they saw that the district would need to cut $1.7 million in expenses to bring the budget below the state-imposed tax cap. Around $1 million of this deficit is the result of coronavirus pandemic aid from the state and federal government ending, according to TLCSD Superintendent Russ Bartlett. The rest is the result of rising expenses and the district’s dwindling fund balance, which ...