Benton Harbor Schools holds a Town Hall Meeting - Fox 28: South Bend, Elkhart IN News, Weather, Sports

Benton Harbor Schools holds a Town Hall Meeting

Posted:

Another district discussed it's schools and financial woes - Benton Harbor Area School District.

They held a town hall meeting Tuesday night.

Board members and the community discussed many issues facing their schools including finances and their efforts to restructure.

When Superintendent Leonard Seawood arrived 18 months ago, the district had a deficit close to 18 millions dollars.

Seawood spoke about the hard work since then to reduce it.

"This past 18 months we have done everything from restructuring our organization..everything from personnel to consolidating buildings..most importantly getting ready for students of the future," said Benton Harbor Schools Superintendent Leonard Seawood said,"

Seawood adds a good chunk of the deficit has been cut but there still is room for improvement for the upcoming school year.

Powered by WorldNow

Fox 28

WSJV-TV FOX 28
58096 County Road 7, South
Elkhart, IN 46517

Switchboard: 574.679.9758
News Phone: 574.679.4545
Station Fax: 574.294.1267
Email: fox28news@fox28.com

All content ©Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WSJV. All Rights Reserved.
For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Persons with disabilities who need assistance with issues relating to the content of this station's public inspection file should contact Administrative Assistant Heather Stewart at (574) 343-5310. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, at 888-835-5322 (TTY) or at fccinfo@fcc.gov.