Expenditures of $1,511,175 in 1954 are estimated in the proposed school budget, which was filed for public inspection today at the Board of Education offices, in Middletown High School. The totals represent a $70,700 increase over the budget introduced by Clerk Hugh Butler at the board's meeting on June 25. Since anticipated income remains at $1,516,841, this means that the expected surplus has been whittled down from $76,366 to $5,666. Public hearings on the estimates are scheduled for July 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school. Large increases were recorded for substitute teachers' salaries, textbooks, and capital outlay. In the budget first introduced by Butler, no allowance was made for the substitutes and $7,000 has been added for that purpose...

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