The $60 million spending plan, which cut more than a dozen jobs, lost 595-587.
“I think people have had enough,” said Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch. “It’s a challenge.”
After months of tension and trauma, Hannibal’s proposed 2010-11 school budget passed by a comfortable margin Tuesday night. The budget cuts into academic programs and band but preserves varsity sports. Voters also decided to reduce the Board of Education from 9 members to 7 and elected 3 people to seats on the board.
Fulton’s budget fell 595-587, a turnout that Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch said was “not a high turnout, but a good turnout.” In Hannibal, the budget passed 528 – 435.
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A group of military reenactors known as Shirley’s 50th Regiment of Foote spent Saturday and Sunday training and showing their skills at the Pratt House museum in Fulton. Click inside for a gallery of photos.
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