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Monday, July 25, 2011

School employees made $9 million in cuts

Octorara Area School District administrators and support staff made $81,000 in concessions to help trim the school district’s 2011-12 budget, according to a story in the July 25 Intelligencer Journal/New Era. Read it at:

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/426945_Districts-here-lead-way-in-tough-times.html

The story compares salary cost-cutting measures made throughout Lancaster County School Districts. County-wide, school employees cut expenses by $9 million.

In Octorara, the cuts (beyond the $81,000 figure) also included eliminating the jobs of the evening custodial staff. This contract went to ServiceMaster. The athletic director director was also furloughed, but has begun a job as an independent athletic trainer and may earn up to $30,000 annually in services performed for district athletic teams.
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