School Board OKs $37.6 million budget for 2017-18 fiscal year

The Lebanon School Board approved a $37.6 million district budget for 2017-18, with a 3-2 vote at the June 8 board meeting.

The budget is based on $8.2 billion in state school funding for the biennium. That budget will mean the loss of seven full-time positions – cuts in teaching staff equivalent to 6.08 FTE and .95 FTE in classified staff.

Board members Mike Martin and Kellie Weber voted against approving the budget as presented, expressing…