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The Reading School District‘s financial picture for next year was painted for the public Monday night – and it’s not pretty.
The district is facing a nearly $53.2 million hole in its proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year, which the district administration presented for the first time to the Reading School Board.
“It is ugly,” said Roger Brubaker, acting district business manager.
It’s so bad that the district might have to consider taking drastic steps – from closing schools, to laying off teachers, to freezing wages, to cutting kindergarten to half-day.
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