UTS AND
SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GIVE.
TARGET 7'S NANCY LAFLIN ASKED
THE HEAD OF APS, WHAT THAT
SOMETHING IS.
>> I THINK THAT A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION AND DATA AND
NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES ARE
BEING THROWN ABOUT.
NANCY NO MATTER HOW YOU CRUNCH
: THE NUMBERS, APS WILL HAVE
LESS MONEY.
A LOT LESS.
TO SPEND ON YOUR KIDS.
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN TOSSING
OUT IDEAS ON HOW TO CUT COSTS.
THEY LOOKED AT SHELVING MIDDLE
SCHOOL SPORTS.
THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL WITH
YOU.
>> AS A FORMER COLLEGE
ATHLETE, AS A TAXPAYER, IT'S
VERY FRUSTRATING.
NANCY: APS NOW SAYS THEY'LL KEEP
THE SPORTS.
>> WE HAD OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
TALKING TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE
COMMUNITY WHO WANTED TO HELP
WITH THIS.
NANCY: BUT THE MONEY WILL NOT
COME FROM THE DISTRICT BUDGET.
THEY MAY CHARGE TO GO TO EVENTS
AND ARE ASKING BUSINESS LEADERS
TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO PAY FOR
THIS.
BUT APS HAS TO MAKE CUTS
SOMEWHERE AND THEY ARE LOOKING
EVERYWHERE TO DO IT.
>> EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
ASKED TO CUT BY 10%.
NANCY: IN A DISTRICT THAT AREN'T
HE $25 MILLION IN CUTS
SOMEWHERE.
NOW THEY ARE PROJECTING AND
OTHER 12% SLICE.
>> NO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE STATE.
NANCY: APS SAYS TAKE-HOME
VEHICLES ARE A THING OF THE PAST
.
THAT SHOULD SAVE THE STATE.
WITH THE FINANCIAL MESS,
EDUCATION LEADERS HAMMER APS,
SAYING THE DISTRICT IS SPENDING
TOO MUCH MONEY ON THE TOP ON
ADMINISTRATORS, BALLOONING FROM
$2 MILLION TO $4 MILLION IN SIX
YEARS.
>> PEOPLE ARE MAKING A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT TO WHAT BENEFIT?
REPORTER: THERE WILL LIKELY BE
FURLOUGHS INCLUDING TEACHERS AND
STOP -- TOP STAFFERS.
>> I WOULD WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND TALK AND
DISCUSS CONCERNS THAT ANYBODY
MAY HAVE.
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