The Columbia School Board’s budget hearings on Tuesday morning and night included discussions on the use of reserve funds to assist in paying for 70 new positions throughout the district, a $1,000 increase in teachers’ base pay and a nearly 9 percent increase in benefit costs for teachers and administration.
Hearings address 70 new positions
The School Board meets to discuss how to pay for growth in attendance.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 5:35 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 17, 2008
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