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GCAA CHAMPIONS
BY RIKKI MASSAND AND MEG MORGAN NORRIS
The GCAA Lakers were the winners of the 4th through 6th Grade Girls Basketball championship during playoffs this year. See the brackets and all the champions on pages 64-65
GC School Board examines instructional program spending BY KASSARA MCELROY The first of a two-part presentation to the Garden City Board Education, covering the proposed instructional portion of next year’s school budget, took place this on March 14th. It followed two prior presentations covering the capital and administrative costs projected by the District for 2023-2024. The overall proposed budget for the 2023-2024 school year totals $130,282,491. That’s
a budget-to-budget increase of 4.58%, or $5,703,042. It falls within the allowable tax cap levy of 2.32%. The portion of the budget covered this week (and next) makeup 75.19% of the overall budget, or $97,962,256.
Instructional priorities
The meeting began with a review of progress made on instructional priorities previously set for the District last year. Topline items reviewed include the continuation of
One week before the Village of Garden City election, the village held a presentation by the St. Paul’s Committee to present cost estimates for different scenarios for the building’s future. Lloyd Westerman, the president of Westerman Construction Co., the construction cost estimator hired by the village to examine the St. Paul’s main building, addressed an audience of residents on Monday March 13. According to the report by Westerman’s firm to the village, the costs for three scenarios would be: Demolition - $17,678,312 Adaptive reuse (first phase) - $49,526,287 Façadism - $46,444,836 to save the south facade and build a one story building behind it. The cost estimates were based on the following parameters: See page 61
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developmental resources and interventions for Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), curriculum articulation work, a heightened focus on mental health wellness and more. Those priorities are then broken down by building and grade level, all of which can be found on the Garden City Public School’s website. A “statute of priorities” video is also available online for those interested
In what may be regarded as the most unorthodox start to the village’s annual budget deliberations, during the first Board of Trustees’ Village Budget work session held on Thursday night, March 9, members of the board veered into some political positioning as funding for one new fire engine was formally approved. Trustee Bruce Chester started the meeting with a motion to suspend the rules, and essentially pick up where he and the majority of the board had left off at the March 2 meeting. At the time, a proposal for bonding over $3 million to purchase three new fire trucks was defeated as Chester and four other trustees
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BY RIKKI MASSAND
Children’s room project at finish line PAGE 6 Major updates at Garden City Casino PAGE 8