AS ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS START HAMMERING OUT A BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE DISTRICT IS FACING A GAP OF MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. THAT FROM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DON MOYA, WHO TELLS 770 KKOB THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HIRING NEW TEACHERS IN ORDER TO REDUCE CLASS SIZES. HE SAYS THE INITIATIVE HAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRICE TAGS FOR APS RIGHT NOW.
BUT MOYA SAYS SOME OF THAT IS OFFSET BY THE FACT APS ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN DROPPING, REQUIRING FEWER TEACHERS. THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF BUDGET FORUMS IS THURSDAY, MARCH 6, AT 6PM AT LBJ MIDDLE SCHOOL ON TAYLOR RANCH ROAD.
