JAY – School Superintendent Robert Wall will unveil a plan Thursday to keep the school system operating, after the state announced Jay could lose $197,400 in subsidies.

The state Department of Education is cutting $27 million from education funding programs to meet the state’s anticipated shortfall of revenue of more than $100 million. Schools around Maine are adjusting budgets to make it through the school year.

The School Committee meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the middle school library.

“We will present a plan to the School Committee to bring us through the rest of the year and we’re looking not to impact personnel,” Wall said. “We’re looking at reducing our supplies and not following through with some purchase orders as budgeted.”

A number of major areas will be looked at, he said.

“It’s not something that will be easy, and there will be an impact on supplies and sports such as maybe not doing a scrimmage,” Wall said. “It won’t impact the regular sports schedule. We will look at discretionary things.”

Prior to the School Committee meeting, members of the regional school planning committee will meet at 5 p.m. at the library to review changes requested by the state to the proposed plan to consolidate Jay and SAD 36 systems. The latter consists of the towns of Livermore and Livermore Falls.