Public’s mum on Lancaster school budget

Jackie Nunnery

by Jackie Nunnery

LANCASTER—At a public hearing March 3, Lancaster school superintendent Dan Russell presented a $16,948,297 school budget for fiscal 2020-2021 that asks for level local funding of $11,724,057.

The budget proposes a 1.5% pay raise and 1.5% increase in step for teachers, along with a 3% increase for staff, said Russell. The raise would increase starting…[to-view-more]