Vote YES on budget Granby!

I am voting YES for this budget. We moved to Granby for the school system. After years of o-1% budgets due to the economy the school system can only take so much and will stagnate. Most of this budget is just covering contractual obligations - and you can't blame the unions - they too have made their sacrifice for this town the last several years. While this budget may not be perfect and is still very thin (too thin in my opinion) there is a little something in there for everyone....gifted and talented, world language, HS guidance counselor, athletics, all done through teacher and class offerings reduction.  Yes, the number of students is SLOWLY decreasing but that translates to a handful of kids in each grade - and funding from the state has decreased dramatically.  They are reducing staff and class sections accordingly. Ultimately, if needed, they will eliminate one of the schools.  All good decisions.  I think they took a reasonable approach with developing this budget - still very respectful that the economy has not recovered. Vote YES!