BOE trimming costs in tight budget year

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Mike Buffington
in News, Top Stories
Thursday, June 12. 2008
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The Jackson County Board of Education has given an initial approval of its 2009 fiscal year budget for $92.4 million.
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COLUMN: My minute’s worth of words

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Mike Buffington
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Wednesday, May 14. 2008
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BY MIKE BUFFINGTON, EDITOR
Read this quickly. I’ve only got a minute. The speech Nazis are out and about and I can’t talk very long. If I do, they’ll slap me silly.
It’s the Jackson County Board of Education on the prowl, counting words, running a stopwatch to make sure I don’t say too much and that what I do say is done quickly.
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Deficit proposed for county school budget

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Kerri Testement
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Monday, May 12. 2008
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A first look at the Jackson County School System’s tentative 2009 budget reveals one fact: Tighter financial times are ahead.

The Jackson County Board of Education got its first look of the preliminary 2009 budget during its three-day retreat last week at Glen-Ella Inn in Clarkesville.

One sign of tougher financial times: An anticipated $1.9 million deficit for the county school system in FY09.
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