Privatization of certain school functions became a bone of contention during last Thursday night’s joint meeting of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors and the school board.

During the meeting, which was held in the Thomas Calhoun Walker Education Center, Ware district school board member Kim Hensley issued a rebuttal to York district supervisor Phillip Bazzani’s presentation the previous week encouraging the school board to explore privatizing certain functions that he said would not directly impact educating the students.

Privatization would basically outsource certain services formerly provided by the local government, such as cafeteria, transportation and information technology, to private companies which, Bazzani said, often increases government efficiency and reduces operating costs.

Hensley said privatization is not a new idea for the school board. “The school board’s been there, done that; and I bought the T-shirt,” she said.

She said th...