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CCS Budget Focus:

Kindergarten, Vaping

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to ALLOTSEGO.COM

Bill Crankshaw

COOPERSTOWN – With “hundreds of thousands” more in required spending on health insurance next year, Cooperstown Central School Superintendent Bill Crankshaw and the school board didn’t need to look for places to spend more.

Besides, he said in an interview about the 2019-20 budget, which goes up for a public vote 7 a.m-8 p.m., next Tuesday, May 21, at the high school, the school district already offers a “rich curriculum” – the goal is to maintain it and look for places to strengthen it.

“We can’t afford to take on any new initiatives for their own sake,” Crankshaw said.

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