Budget crunch time in NK, CC

A proposed $14 million budget for the next school year, now under consideration by Charles City School Board members, lists no new teaching positions and no job cuts. But school officials are asking for a 4.5 percent teacher pay raise along with $7.1 million in county money. School Superintendent Janet Crawley unveiled the 2008-09 proposal before School Board members during a Feb. 5 meeting. Board members were scheduled to refine the document during work sessions scheduled for Feb. 7 and 12. If approved, a first-year teacher in Charles City next year would earn $37,500, almost $1,500 more than for the…
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