When the Penn-Trafford School Board meets in less than two weeks, members will begin talking about the cost of operating the district’s eight schools — and whether some could eventually be consolidated.
Board member John Otto says consolidation has been discussed before, but the district’s finances may make the conversation more urgent now.
“Our business manager went over the numbers, and the numbers tell us our expenses are outpacing our revenues at a rate that, even if we raise taxes to the index level from here on out, we are going over the falls,” Otto said. “We are in too deep. So, something has to be done. We are bleeding money. We have to entertain this conversation.”…