Fernbank in danger with budget talks
Despite trying to close a projected $73 million dollar budget hole, it looked like the DeKalb County School Board was going to spare the Fernbank Science Center.
That changed today when the board decided to consider cutting about $3 million from the Center’s budget.
“Fernbank would remain open and would still be a science center that has a core educational mission of hands on science education for children,” said DeKalb spokesman Walter Woods. “But it would have a reduced budget.”
If the board approves cutting jobs and programs at Fernbank, the Science Center’s annual budget would drop below $2 million a year.
Previously, parents, teachers and others convinced the DeKalb school board not to close Fernbank. Woods says the change is part of an attempt to balance the budget and to start building a much needed reserve.
The board could make a final decision at its meeting, which starts tonight at 6.
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