Superintendent Kurt Stanic said the schools are continuing to see incremental progress and this year the district has managed to increase graduation rates and test scores.
And while the loss in funding is devastating, Stanic said Dayton Public Schools isn’t surprised.
“Can't say it’s unexpected,” he said. “It’s happened before and we've anticipated some of the companies possible leaving so we'll make plans accordingly.”
Unfortunately the loss of NCR money means passing the burden to someone else, Stanic said. Several people involved with Dayton schools said they don’t mind taking on more financial responsibility because it would help the students and the community.
District officials have not sat down to discuss what specific cuts will be made to accommodate the loss of funding, but Stanic did mention possible staff reductions.
However, he did add the reductions might not be teachers, as they have been key to the district’s improvement this year.