The Bremen School Board approved the Reduction in Force (TIF) Policy on Monday night.
Superintendent Dr. Jim White said the cuts are due to a reduction in funding.
“We’ll be losing two teachers – most likely in our elementary and middle school area. That’s where we’ve dropped a little bit in students. The high school is still holding steady at the number of students they have. We have to keep the school district financially healthy so we can continue to serve everyone in the future,” stated Dr. White.
Dr. White said the complexity index for funding purposes is changing. He said a base amount is given to start with and then a number of factors come into play. If the factor makes education more difficult, then more money is given per student to the corporation. The amount of money for funding the complexity index has been reduced over the past three years and Dr. White says that has made an effect at Bremen Community Schools.
“For each of the past three years, the state has been cutting that between 25 and 30 percent for us which amounts to a pretty good chunk of money. We’re looking at about $180,000 worth of cuts because of that new base line. Fortunately once we readjust to that, unless they try something new, we’ll be moving upward again which will be a welcome change.”
Notices of the Reductions in Force will be given to the teachers at the end of this month.
