Politics & Government
$18 Million in Cuts Proposed for Plymouth-Canton Schools
Bigger class sizes, fewer teachers and one less school are among the items targeted.
In order to balance its budget, about $18 million in cuts will need to be slashed out of the Plymouth-Canton Community School spending plan being presented tonight at the district’s office, 454 S. Harvey St. in Plymouth.
Among the proposed changes:
Increasing class sizes by two students per the following grades, to 28 per kindergarten; 31 for third grades; 32 for fourth and fifth grades; 35 for middle school and high school classes.
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About 80 jobs would be elmininated.
One school would be closed; Starkweather would be relocated to an elementary school.
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The district would also reduce the cleaning schedule to every other day.
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