Union County School Board members voted to close the district’s daycare before or on June 30 during a December 17 school board meeting.
During the same meeting, the board also ended a cell phone reimbursement policy, terminated the district’s contract completion supplement, and modified support of some employee health benefits.
School Board Member Becky Raulerson said she asked a lot of questions about the proposed cuts and appreciated community feedback.
“I did the best job I could to represent my constituency and at the same time, I have to remember that my job is to protect our student body and the integrity of our district, including the financial integrity of our district.”
Board Member Chris Hodgson directed the audience to photos of previous board members in the building’s foyer and said that the current board’s difficult decisions were one in a long line of challenges past district leaders have faced.
“A lot of struggles went behind the scenes there,” he said of previous district difficulties, “depending on what time and what year it was and what the climate was. And that goes from schools burning to recessions to a lot of needs. So, I can only imagine any decision that they made was well thought out as well.”
