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athletics and eliminating asecretarial position andgrant writers at centraloffice. The remaining cate-gories will be examined at asubsequent meeting.

Superintendent NancyCampbell said cuts likethese would definitely affecthow Romeo CommunitySchools operates.

“We can’t do more withless, so we’re going to haveto trim services and whatwe’ve done and been knownfor in the past, and it’s onlythese terrible economic con-ditions that are forcing usto do this,” she said.

Not all was choppingexpenses, though. The MOTalso included bumping uprevenue for the district, oneof which would be increas-ing the price of meals by 25cents.

The grand total of esti-

mated revenue generatedby the MOT would be$831,000, and $2.6 millionin expenses would be cut.

Dixon said when factor-ing the MOT, the estimatedoverall revenue for the2010-11 budget is $47.5 mil-lion and expenses are at$49.1 million, showing adeficit of $1.6 million. Theremaining fund balance,though, is shown at $1.6million.

Part of the MOT includ-ed selling bonds to pay fortechnology and bus pur-chases. The technology bondwould remove $240,000from the general fund,while the bus bond wouldtake care of $210,000.

There is also an estimat-ed increase of 100 studentsthrough Schools of Choiceequalling $780,000.

Trustee Greg Jacobsonexpressed concerns aboutusing these considerationsfor planning, saying bondsare at best a 50/50 shotsince people may not vote

for them due to the econo-my. He also believed theSchools of Choice numberwas a high estimate.

“We’re not located like ina Sterling Heights areawhere we have a lot of huge,populated districts aroundus, I mean we’re on theverge of farmland here,” hesaid. “I have to question thereality of that number.”

Dixon said if the bondswere used but were voteddown, it would mean notreplacing some buses anddifficulties with the technol-ogy replacement plan.

AFSCME membersspoke against the outsourc-ing of their jobs that wereincluded in the MOT. Theseincluded grounds mainte-nance, custodial, and trans-portation jobs.

“I feel like this is myhome, and the people that Iwork with are the mostawesome people I could askto work with, they’re notonly my friends, but myfamily too, and you’re

attacking my family,” saidLaurie Kisovic, a dispatcherwith the transportationdepartment.

A community forum hasbeen planned for 7 p.m.May 4 at the High Schoolcafeteria to gather ideasfrom residents on how todeal with the budget.

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by CHRIS GRAYObserver Staff Writer

Amanda Moore Elemen-tary has officially becomea stopping point for insectroyalty.

A butterfly garden pre-pared by students fromthe Green Earth KidsClub at Amanda MooreElementary was recentlycertified as a “monarchwaystation” by Monarch-Watch.

The waystation willhelp in preserving butter-flies as they return fromtheir migration in thespring to the UnitedStates and Canada fromwarmer regions.

Geralyn Jarmoluk, aparent with the AmandaMoore Garden Club, saidthe garden will not onlybeautify the school’s court-yard, but also serve as aneducational tool.

“It’s very exciting, a lotof the kids didn’t reallyrealize when they set theirbutterflies free from theirclasses what happened tothem or where they go,”she said. “Now they can letthem out in an area where

there is food sources andshelters for the butter-flies.”

She said the school’sfirst and second gradeteachers work with larvasand caterpillars in the fall,so the garden will allowthem to release the mon-archs there instead of onthe playground.

“Hopefully, by settingthem free in that area,next year the butterflieswill lay their eggs on themilkweeds that we havegrowing in there,” shesaid. “If we can get the

butterflies coming backyear after year, (the teach-ers) will have their ownsupply right there.”

The idea was the brain-child of resident KathyEschenburg. She helpeddesign the new look of theschool’s courtyard andeducate the group on whatwas needed for a monarchbutterfly habitat, said Jar-moluk.

The project began inspring 2009, with the cer-tification arriving about amonth ago. To become cer-tified, a garden must meet

specifications with milk-weed plants, size, sunexposure and having amanagement plan.

“We got a lot of plantsdonated to us from par-ents, and a lot of the stuffwas hand-me-downs,” saidJarmoluk. “The kidshelped plant the flowerbulbs in there too.”

The project was sup-ported by donations aswell as a grant from theFour County CommunityFoundation.

According towww.MonarchWatch.org,the monarch butterfly pop-ulations are dwindling dueto a loss of habitats inNorth America. It saysthis is caused by a loss ofmilkweed plants and othernectar sources due todevelopment, geneticallymodified crops and road-side management.

The MonarchWatch pro-gram has sites registeredall over the country, withthe Amanda Moorewaystation being number3,621. A plaque will be dis-played in the garden toshow its status as a certi-fied waystation.

BOUNTIFUL BUTTER-FLIES. At left, the GreenEarth Kids Club at AmandaMoore Elementary recentlycelebrated the certificationof its butterfly garden as aMonarch Waystation. Below,the garden features milk-weeds and other plants thatwill attract monarch butter-flies as they migrate.

(Observer photosby Chris Gray)

Garden at Amanda Moore ready for butterflies