It was lonely inside the administration building this morning, unless you happened to be a member of the school board itself. Despite the growth of Columbia’s school system as reflected by the 2007-08 proposed budget, only one parent attended Columbia School Board’s 7:30 a.m. budget proposal meeting.
School board discusses using reserve funds to pay for 70 new positions, raises
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | 4:58 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:20 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 17, 2008
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