East Ramapo School District slashes music positions, opts to borrow $9.6M
Photo credit: Faye Murman | East Ramapo School Board members, from left, Daniel Schwartz, Yehuda Weissmandl, and Eliyahu Solomon attend a board meeting in Spring Valley. (Oct. 23, 2012)
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The East Ramapo School Board on Tuesday slashed elementary music positions and decided to borrow $9.6 million to help cover a midyear budget deficit of about $8 million.
The board, pressured by the looming possibility of a state takeover, cut nonvarsity sports for the spring. Some elementary art and music programs that had been threatened were saved through $1.1 million in Title I grants.
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