Rob Leich1Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Rob Lech told the school board Tuesday evening that the district is projecting a $1.3 million deficit at the end of the 2014-2015 school year.

In July this year, the Jamestown Public School Board approved a preliminary budget that only saw an $800,000 deficit.

Lech indicated that the main reason for the difference is the preliminary budget did not include early retirement costs, which made up a significant portion of the extra $500,000.

The School Board will meet on Monday October 6, 2014, and hold a public budget meeting at 6-p.m., to address the deficit  at the middle school’s Thompson Room during the board’s regular meeting.

Technology Director Mike Armitage’s report included building safety upgrades that included 24 new digital security cameras, replacing all the cameras at the Career and Technology Center and the middle school.

The middle school has received two additional cameras and 51 handheld, multi-channel radios, with each school building having its own channel, with one master channel for the entire district.

The radios are used for playground supervision plus a back-up communication system in the event that phone lines were to go out.