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One last time Gordianknot, if one student from each class leaves the schools it is not enough of a drop to lay off even one teacher because if the number of students goes from 22 to 21 you still have 21 students to teach. So while student levels have dropped in recent years not enough have left to actually drop the cost of a teacher. Schools have laid off or retired 20 teachers per year and have not replaced them. This is a savings. When the number of students are lower and the number of teachers has gone down the savings can be achieved when consolidating a school. Closing a school would have allowed for more staff to retire or be laid off and combining the students and staff into less buildings. The real savings is not in the building but in the staff reductions. The delay of the closure of a Jr High will lead to cuts in other places. Cuts of nearly $3.8 Million will need to be done to the current budget.

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