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-Page 59 February 18, 1975 Mr. Wadsworth then made a MOTION, which was seconded by Mrs. Swanson, to set the budget figure at $14,000,000 and proceeded to explain how he had arrived at the figure. He said "We are in a financial bind at this time. There are people who have lost their jobs. The cost of living is very high. The state is cutting services. My belief is that a budget of $14,000,000 is all we can expect people to pay. Other towns are cutting services. My ex- perience has been that every once in a while_we should look closely at what THE BUDGET we have and cut back." A vote was called on Mr. Wadsworth's MOTION. (Berchtold, Swanson, Davison, Rotberg, NO, Wadsworth YES) Mrs. Swanson made a MOTION, which was seconded by Mr. Wadsworth, to set the budget at $14,283,211. She said we should examine some of the trade-offs in areas where we have to cut back, and pointed out that our goal should be to lower class size. Mr. Rotberg MOVED to amend Mrs. Swanson's MOTION to set the figure at $14,385,217. This was seconded by Mrs. Davison. She commented that the figure was a very narrow one in which to operate. Mrs. Berchtold said that both MOTIONS bothered her. She said $14,283,211 did not include the food services figures and $14,3$5,217 was a little too high. It could reflect a reduction in the number of science specialists. Fr. Rotberg hoped that we could vote in favor of the amendment tonight since it is easier to cut back than to add on to the budget. It was suggested that we vote a figure and. then discuss specific ways to cut back. A vote was called on Mr. Rotberg's amendment to Mrs. Swanson's MOTION setting the budget at $14,385,217 and to include Alternative #l. (Berchtold, Davison, Rotberg, YES, Swanson, Wadsworth, NO) Mrs. Swanson made a MOTION, which was seconded by Mr. Wadsworth, requesting that if the cost of living figure is less than that reflected in the budget, the budget figure will be adjusted downward. (Berchtold, Swanson, Wadsworth, YES, Davison, NO, Rotberg ABSTAIN) Mrs. Swanson introduced the following MOTION, which was seconded by Mr. Wadsworth: "To eliminate the category of elementary science specialists and establish a new title of science coordinator". She added that it would seem that two coordinators could coordinate the science programs in our elementary schools. Eventually she would like to see a science coordinator for Y-12 so that the entire program can be coordinated like our French and Art programs are, or should be. Perhaps at this time we could also establish the procedure of referring to the Art, French, Music and P/E teachers as classroom teachers who teach those subjects.