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Article: Rising costs put pinch on 2 school districts; St. Louis Park and Richfield officials are sharing the word and seeking input to prepare for budget cuts.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 24, 2008
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Byline: Patrice Relerford; Staff Writer
St. Louis Park school board member Rolf Peterson, who's served on the board for four years, said he has yet to see a year when the district didn't have to weather significant budget cuts.
"We've just always been in that mode," Peterson said. "We've trimmed our budgets every year I've been on the board."
As Minnesota school districts prepare to receive a 1 percent increase in state funding, two of the smallest districts in the west metro area, St. Louis Park and Richfield, are planning community meetings and resident surveys to explain possible reductions to their 2008-09 budgets. They say the state fund ...