By Amanda Harrison
As some in Lansing argue that the states budget surplus should be put back into the schools local districts have been forced to tighten their belts. One way is through consolidation.
The Clare Public Schools is merging with four other districts within its RESD, the Regional Education Service District, to share their technology services.
Consolidation of technology includes workers.
Ken Chinavare is the director of technology for the Clare Gladwin RESD.
He said IT techs, maintenance and others will be centralized at the RESD.
"One person for a school district is what a lot times a lot of schools used to have years ago and then they would add a couple more people here and there. But the problem is with the shrinking budgets that have been happening across the state and the federal for that matter, we just couldn't afford to have all the people necessary in one school district to take care of all the technology."
Chinavare said one person in the Clare School District will be out of a job after the merger.
But he said there will be a job opening for repair technician at the RESD.
As some in Lansing argue that the states budget surplus should be put back into the schools local districts have been forced to tighten their belts. One way is through consolidation.
The Clare Public Schools is merging with four other districts within its RESD, the Regional Education Service District, to share their technology services.
Consolidation of technology includes workers.
Ken Chinavare is the director of technology for the Clare Gladwin RESD.
He said IT techs, maintenance and others will be centralized at the RESD.
"One person for a school district is what a lot times a lot of schools used to have years ago and then they would add a couple more people here and there. But the problem is with the shrinking budgets that have been happening across the state and the federal for that matter, we just couldn't afford to have all the people necessary in one school district to take care of all the technology."
Chinavare said one person in the Clare School District will be out of a job after the merger.
But he said there will be a job opening for repair technician at the RESD.