roughly $1 million has averted a crisis for St. Martin Parish's public schools, but teachers, students and administrators will still have to do more with less.
The school system, which serves roughly 8,500 students, was facing a $4.6 million deficit for the upcoming 2011-12 school year.
But school board members learned this week that a recalculation of the Minimum Foundation Program, the portion of the local budget supplied by the state, has resulted in the system getting an extra $968,216.
To close the rest of the budget hole, the school board voted Wednesday evening to eliminate 16 teachers; eliminate two French immersion program teachers; cut the central office staff by two positions; and cut school operating funds by $1 million.
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