The Central A&M School District is beginning the new academic year with a balanced budget.  Earlier this week, district leaders approved the new budget.  Despite typical difficulties with revenue and reduced federal funding, the school district looks to move along with projects in progress.  They are also hoping to make improvements to the traffic setup at the high school. 

Superintendent Sacha Young played a major role in the budget negotiations and also the potential traffic projects on the horizon.  She herself raised some of the underlying concerns surrounding the start and end of the school day along with softball games. 

As for other projects at district schools over the summer, many of them are complete, while others are almost done.

Young is happy the district board put together and passed a balanced budget but acknowledges that rising costs could create issues in the future. 

The middle school is celebrating some sporting success.  That’s because the softball team just qualified for the state tournament!  They begin that competition in Normal on Friday morning.

Find out more about the Central A&M School District at www.camraiders.com.

Sacha Young appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.