Stephanie Seguino: Shedding light on Burlington’s school budget proposal

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Stephanie Seguino, who is vice chair of the Burlington School Board.
This year, once again, school budgets remain a topic of intense interest and concern. Some information about Burlington’s budget proposal may help to explain the complex pressures many school districts are facing.
Burlington School District’s proposed FY19 budget is less than 1 percent higher than last year’s — a rate of growth that is less than the rate of infl