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		<title>(UPDATED) Meffley’s Budget Guts Win $ for School Security, Other Councilors Cluck Like Backyard Chickens; Exec&#8217;s Pals Get Pay Boosts</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2022/05/meffleys-budget-guts-win-for-school-security-other-councilors-cluck-like-backyard-chickens-hornberger-pals-get-more-big-pay-boosts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 23:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS The horror of the Texas school shooting had not yet reached national network newscasts when the Cecil County Council convened Tuesday (5/24/2022) to consider County Executive Danielle Hornberger’s proposed Fiscal 2023 budget. Four members were unwilling to offer any amendments or changes to the budget but Council President Bob Meffley (R-1) had a small surprise up his sleeve: a deal he cut hours before with Hornberger to provide $240,000 to county schools “small capital projects” outside the regular budget framework in a supplemental spending proposal to be submitted to the Council later in the year. That amount is the precise figure needed to construct a secure vestibule at one county school. But it still leaves multiple county school buildings without the security upgrades deemed necessary by school facilities experts. Hornberger refused to fund any secure vestibule upgrades sought last year and her new budget only provides for one. But funding and timing uncertainties on the budgeted vestibule project and the promise made to Meffley mean that the two projects won’t be built until next summer, according to CCPS officials. It didn’t have to be that way. The state Comptroller announced in late March that Cecil County was getting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Schools Get $4M State Aid Windfall but Still Sing Budget Blues; High Costs Limit School Security Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Cecil County Council moves into the final stages of its review of the new Fiscal 2020 budget, county school officials told Councilors they still face budget shortfalls despite nearly $4 million in newly confirmed state aid that boosts school spending by even more than the educators asked for. But higher than expected costs on school security upgrades will leave ten schools still without needed improvements. The County Council, which is scheduled to adopt a new budget in the next few weeks, completed its meetings with county department heads to review spending proposals with a final call-back session with leaders of the Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) on Tuesday (5/21/2019) to follow up on an earlier meeting. The next step is a countywide public hearing on the budget before the Council tonight at Elkton High School followed by one or two worksessions next week. A new budget is scheduled for adoption by the Council on June 4. Appearing before a Council worksession on Tuesday morning, CCPS Superintendent Jeff Lawson updated figures on how much the county schools will receive under new state legislation designed to serve as a “downpayment” on broad state spending boosts for education as called for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Familiar Jockey Rides New Horse: Schools Chief Questioned on $, Security by County Council as Exec McCarthy Offers $1 million Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Jeffrey Lawson is a familiar face in local government circles, as a nine-year veteran of the county public schools’ administrative staff. But that experience was like being an exercise rider at the racetrack before a recent elevation to the top jockey position: Superintendent of the Cecil County Public Schools. In his first race, Lawson didn’t particularly impress the keepers of the purse: the Cecil County Council. Several members of the Council, meeting in a worksession on Tuesday (8/7/2018), openly expressed skepticism about CCPS’ handling of school security improvement projects and stewardship of county funds. Lawson, in his first appearance before the Council since taking the schools helm in July, did little to ease their concerns or directly address questions over continued security needs&#8211; as well as a previous CCPS decision to draw $2 million from reserve funds under CCPS control to build a new field house at Perryville High School while many school security fixes remained unaddressed. And when Council President Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2) questioned whether a new $1 million security bailout proposed by the county executive would “cover all the schools needs,” she was told that CCPS was on track to boost security at just half of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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