Detroit Public Schools' Roberts faces public at forum on school budget

CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY

In less than 10 minutes, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts tonight reviewed an 11-page summary of the district's $1.2-billion budget for next school year that projects cutting $200 million from the deficit and reducing all wages by 10%.

Roberts' first public hearing on the budget since taking over in May as the state appointee in charge of DPS began tonight at 6 p.m.
The budget projects that the $327-million deficit will be reduced to $127 million as DPS sells $200 million in bonds, he said.

"We treasure your input, we're going to take it to heart," Roberts said to the audience.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 29, 2011 2:00 AM
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