Youngstown schools exploring ways to cut $2M from budget

YOUNGSTOWN

More building closings or program cuts could be on the way for the city schools.

The district needs to whittle about $2 million from next year’s budget to keep the district in the black through the next few years.

One option is changes in employee health insurance, which could trim some or all of the required amount.

“We’ve been negotiating with AFSCME [American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees] since December,” said Treasurer James Reinhard.

The teachers’ union contract, however, doesn’t expire until 2016, so a contract reopener would be required to negotiate the health-care provisions of that contract.

If the district can’t achieve the $2 million savings through changes in the health insurance, other possibilities include

Read more about the possiblities and what the superintendent says in Tuesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.