5/4/13 - Less than 24 hours after meeting with state officials, The Michigan Department of Education has approved Brighton Area Schoolsâ deficit elimination plan. District officials met with the state Thursday to discuss the plan and clarify projected student numbers pertaining to shared services. The plan was rejected twice previously based on those numbers, which the state felt were overly optimistic. Superintendent Greg Gray says he received an email early Friday afternoon notifying him the plan had been accepted. He tells WHMI the goal is to be out of a deficit situation by the end of next year and having a qualified deficit elimination plan means a number of things for the Brighton district. Board members have said state officials made it clear that the district needs to resolve the remaining $7.4 (m) million legacy deficit since they are entering the fifth year of deficit status. Brighton started the shared services program this year but plans to expand it next year. Itâs projecting that $4 million in revenues can be realized by providing shared services with private and parochial schools in the areas of art, languages and technology. (JM)
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