Strongsville Schools Win Budget Award For 3rd Straight Year

STRONGSVILLE, OH — For the third straight year, the Strongsville City Schools are earning praise and awards for their budget. The Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) gave the district the Meritorious Budget Award (MBA).

“We are proud of this Meritorious Budget Award and appreciate the recognition and feedback from the Association of School Business Officials. Our department works extremely hard throughout the year to maintain fiscal responsibility and financial transparency, as it relates to the funding we are provided by the taxpayers of our community," said George Anagnostou, Strongsville Schools treasurer.

A panel of school district professionals reviewed Strongsville's budget documents and provided feedback for continued development and improvement of the submitted documents. The Strongsville budget had to meet certain elements and criteria to earn an MBA.

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"We continue to make this our highest priority for the benefit of the students in our District,” Anagnostou added.

Receiving the award honors the Strongsville Schools for their fiscal management and budgetary policies. The district has set a financial year 2019 budget of $94,280,156, down $2,226,571 from the 2018 budget.

The entire Strongsville Schools budget for the 2018-2019 school year is available online. The submitted report is 570 pages.

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