News Brief: School Committee OKs $433,050 Budget Hike

The on March 22 voted 4-0 to approve a $48.84 million budget for fiscal 2012 that would require a $433,050 increase over the current spending plan.

Committee members held a third and final workshop on the budget to take a final opportunity to identify possible savings. After reducing the expected increase to $383,000, some $86,000 less than where the committee left off on March 16, members reinstated $50,000 to the oil line item.

Member Joseph Rotella (Dist. 4), absent from the March 22 session, had suggested cutting the oil budget at the previous workshop.

From here, the budget will be presented to Mayor Joseph M. Polisena and the Johnston Town Council for approval.

Watch for Michael Earnheart's complete re-cap of tonight's meeting on JohnstonPatch tomorrow at 10 a.m.