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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Parkway School District Gives Raises Following Millions in Cuts

After cutting $8 million from the budget and eliminating 130 full-time jobs, KMOV reports that the Parkway School District gave its gave administrators and department heads raises. Watch KMOV's story here.

As previously reported by Patch, in February, the Parkway School Board voted to cut up to $9.63 million from the district's budget over the next two years. At the time, school officials blamed the depressed economy for lower revenue.  According to a report by KMOV investigative reporter Craig Cheatham, the district cut $8 million of that this year and those budget cuts eliminated 130 full-time positions. (Watch Craig Cheatham's complete report on KMOV.com here.) However, Cheatham also reports that a few months after deciding on the cuts, the district gave all of its administrators and department heads pay raises, including all 70 employees making more than $100,000 a year. Parkway school officials tell Patch that vote came at the June 13 …

Friday, December 2, 2011

Expect Budget Cuts For Parkway Schools, Chief Warns

The next two years will see operating costs slashed due to declining revenue.

Parkway School District Superintendent Keith Marty announced Thursday that he wants to trim operating costs by approximately three to five percent over the next two years. Although no specifics were given, Marty said in an email he plans to introduce cost-cutting strategies in January for the 2012 and 2013 district budgets. Marty issued the following statement Thursday: Although Parkway continues to be in strong financial shape, our schools are not immune to the challenges of declining revenues in a tough economy. Since 2007, Parkway's operating revenues have decreased steadily and future growth is expected to be minimal. Over the same period, our schools have worked hard to keep costs down and expenses have only grown by 2.8 percent …

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