PERRYOPOLIS - The Frazier School District will serve as a site for the administration of the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine December 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.

Donald Martin, superintendent, informed the school board Thursday the district sent home a letter November 4 with students along with a consent form to be completed in order to receive the vaccine.

The form is also available on the district's website at www.frazierschooldistrict.org or by calling the superintendent's office at 724-736-4432.

Martin said the vaccine is being offered to the community free of charge for ages 3 to 49 and would be given by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

According to Martin, the health department has 500 vaccines available while Frazier received 230 completed forms to date.

Since there is a limited number of vaccines available, the health department indicated it may be necessary to prioritize the distribution giving it to healthy children ages three to nine first followed by ages 10 to 24, persons working with children, emergency medical service workers and adults with certain health conditions such as diabetes or heart or lung disease and all other interested parties.

For additional information or questions about the vaccine, visit the Centers for Disease Control website at www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ or www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/parents.

Those interested in having their child receive the vaccine that reside out of the district are asked to send the consent form to Frazier School District, Attention: Superintendent's Office, 142 Constitution Street, Perryopolis, PA 15473.

In an unrelated matter, the board heard concerns from Tom Shetterly, business manager, regarding an $82,466 deficit left in the 2010 budget attributed to a decrease in basic education subsidy from the state.

"That's with programs we have in place and taking the existing budget and seeing what we can possibly remove," said Martin.

The school board adopted a $15,014,945 budget in June in hopes of receiving $218,370 from the state based on prior figures, but instead got $136,562 creating the shortfall.

"We were short funded based on the original proposal," said Shetterly.

Shetterly said he was able to shave part of the deficit by taking out a $25,000 for alternative education grant the district didn't use along with $175,900 state fiscal stabilization grant for renovation work and a $5,658 reduction for charter school reimbursement.

The district however was able to receive $30,000 for Classrooms for the Future since it already utilized the program with the cost allocated toward the teacher.

With the state handing down $659,354 less in basic education subsidy, Shetterly said the district would use one-time federal stimulus funds to make up the difference.

Additionally, Martin said the dual enrollment grant received by the state was cut by about $14,000 and that students in the program would have to pay the $800 tuition per class starting in the spring with Frazier looking to find $4,500 to pay for the remainder of this year.

"We've been scrutinizing everything that comes through my office," said Martin.