{"id":30038,"date":"2019-05-21T10:58:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=30038"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T15:01:16","slug":"voters-to-act-on-2019-20-jamestown-school-budget-that-includes-no-tax-increase-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/voters-to-act-on-2019-20-jamestown-school-budget-that-includes-no-tax-increase-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters to Act on 2019-20 Jamestown School Budget that Includes No Tax Increase on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>JAMESTOWN – Voters around the county will be heading to their local school polling places Tuesday to vote on next year’s school budget, along with candidates for their respective school boards.<\/p>\n

In Jamestown, voters will act on the $90.7 million 2019-20 spending plan<\/strong> that includes no tax increase. There are also two school board<\/strong> seats up for election, but the election will be uncontested with only two incumbents – Patrick Slagle<\/strong> and Joe Pawelski<\/strong> – appearing on the ballot.<\/p>\n

School Superintendent Bret Apthrope<\/strong> told WRFA last week he is still hoping for a good turnout on Tuesday, despite a non-controversial spending plan and no contested school board race. That mostly due to the school district incorporating new partnerships and collaborations with community partners for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n

“This budget has in it some unique and first time mechanisms of bringing resources to kids,” Apthorpe said. “We have in this budget lots of partnerships with youth agencies that support kids. We’re going down this road because we realize the supports that our kids need today are just, financially, not something that schools can do on their own.”<\/p>\n