Sean C. Morgan
Retirement payments will be one of the biggest issues School District 55 staff prepare the 2013-14 budget this year, while the board is also considering the impact of the four-day school week on savings and what its two closed schools are costing.
The board met in a work session on Jan. 9 to receive information in each of these areas.
PERS
In the 2002-03 school year, the district borrowed $17.2 million and…