COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As Columbus City Schools works to cut $50 million annually from its budget, the district is weighing major transportation changes.
“I think we would all agree that the state’s not coming to save us,” Treasurer Ryan Cook said. “And now the feds aren’t helping. I think we have to begin to attack it with urgency.”
At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Cook offered an updated financial forecast, which now projects positive cash balances into fiscal year 2030, one year later than previously projected. However, Cook said the district still needs to cut $50 million annually from the budget, and should brace for additional cuts in the future.
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Although Superintendent Angela Chapman won’t present her recommendations until November, the district is already considering major changes to transportation. On Sept. 11, the district mulled giving all high school students Central Ohio Transit Authority passes or doing away with high school transportation entirely. The state only requires public districts to transport students through eighth grade…