LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School District Board of Directors met Monday in the Mifflin County High School auditorium to accommodate the anticipated number of attendees and discuss cost-saving options as part of a budget work session.

Ultimately, all directors voted to add and approve a recommendation to remove all cost-saving options as presented from the upcoming special voting meeting agenda.

Director Cody Wian motioned to approve and Director Mark Baker seconded adding the recommendation to cut the options from the agenda. Then Director Erin Barlup motioned and Jessica Baumgardner seconded the recommendation to remove the options from the agenda.

According to Treasurer Melinda Kenepp, the following options, which were eliminated on Monday, were presented as potential cost-saving options per the directors’ previous request for ideas on how to reduce the district’s expenses:

• Eliminate Outdoor School, for an anticipated budget savings of $110,000;

• Athletic ticket sales (10,000 spectators at $5 per spectator), for an anticipated budget savings of $50,000;

• Pay-to-play (500 students at $100 per student), for an anticipated budget savings of $50,000;

• Eliminate proposed full-time social studies and full-time tech ed positions from Mifflin County Junior High School; maintain split tech ed and social studies position, for an anticipated budget savings of $98,875;

• Eliminate proposed full-time social studies and split computer and math position at MCMS; maintain split social studies and computer position, for an anticipated budget savings of $98,875;

• Eliminate a building sub position, for an anticipated budget savings of $98,875;

• Do not fill the open first-grade position at Lewistown Elementary School. Eliminate a first-grade position from Lewistown Elementary School. Projected class size increase from 16.83 to 20.20, for an anticipated budget savings of $98,875;

• Eliminate a fifth-grade position at Lewistown Intermediate School. Projected class size increase from 20.55 to 22.60 (2026-2027) and 25.60 (2027-2028), for an anticipated budget savings of $75,605;

• Eliminate the new East Derry Elementary School principal position, for an anticipated budget savings of $169,560;

• Do not replace the open Strodes Mills Elementary School principal position for an anticipated budget savings of $169,560;

• Eliminate the principal position at the Academy, for an anticipated budget savings of $94,080;

• Eliminate all field trips. Eliminate an HRA position. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $39,518;

• Eliminate a second building sub position. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $64,728;

• Eliminate a third building sub position. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $74,617;

• Eliminate a fourth building sub position. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $65,594;

• Eliminate a fifth building sub position. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $103,778;

• Eliminate a second-grade position at Lewistown Elementary School. Projected class size increase from 17.33 to 20.80. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $69,053;

• Eliminate a third-grade position at Lewistown Elementary School. Projected class size increase from 17.83 to 21.40. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $65,655;

• Eliminate the proposed new Indian Valley Kindergarten position. Projected class size increase from 17.80 to 22.25. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $98,875;

• Eliminate a 3rd grade position at Indian Valley. Projected class size increase from 20.00 to 25.00. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $65,717;

• Eliminate a Kindergarten position at Strodes Mills Elementary School. Projected class size increase from 17.25 to 23.00. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $66,147;

• Eliminate a fourth-grade position at Lewistown Intermediate School. Projected class size increase from 23.24 to 25.60. Furlough, for an anticipated budget savings of $75,283.

The special voting meeting for the budget is on Thursday, May 21, at the Mifflin County School District administration building.

Further information regarding the budget work session will be available in a future edition of The Sentinel.