Columbia Public Schools might be able to avoid $2 million in hard cuts

Thursday, February 21, 2008 | 7:39 p.m. CST; updated 1:07 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

COLUMBIA — Nearly every year, Columbia Public Schools has stashed away its unspent money into one big fund, known as reserves, which are used to pay for one-time expenses, unexpected costs or planned deficit spending.

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