While the budget on Governor Carcieri's desk may or may not be the final word, Portsmouth's school department is still working to calculate the bottom line impact, according to School Committee Chair Dick Carpender.

"As of noon when I talked with [Finance Director] Chris Tague we still did not have any info from the Rhode Island Department of Education or the Association of School Committees," Carpender said when contacted by e-mail this afternoon.

Last week's meeting of the committee — during which decisions about calling back additional teachers were deferred — will continue tomorrow evening shortly after 5pm at Town Hall (following an executive session).