School board members closed out the 2009-10 school budget by approving necessary amendments to balance it at a recent meeting. Three of the five board members, Lenford Carr, Thomas Porter and Gerald Trimmer, attended the July 15 meeting. Board members Henry Lewis and Phillip Hardee were unable to attend. After reviewing last year’s budget, 11 line items went over budget totaling almost $100,000 in the red or approximately one-percent of the budget. Superintendent Steve Bayko told the board the figures budgeted were very close with the exception of a few line items, some of which cannot b...
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