Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
The District 55 School Board cut appropriations for long-term maintenance and early retirement, in the amounts of $100,000 each, on Monday night.
The reductions were part of a $320,000 cut to the 2008-09 budget based on 1.5 percent in anticipated reductions in state education funding this year.
Other reductions included only hiring “necessary substitutes for the remainder of the year” to save $4,000; spending reductions in “wants” versus…