On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 the Fairfax school budget was defeated by 53 votes. The vote was 278 for the budget and 331 against the budget. This budget had an increase of 4.9% and included $90,000 for the purchase of a replacement bus. On Monday March 11 the school board met to discuss implications and options. A revised budget with a 4.3% increase has been warned and will be presented to the Fairfax residents on April 10 for a vote. We had to cut some money from freshman sports and put off a sound system in the Richard Brown Gymnasium. If this budget fails to pass, the school board will interpret his to mean additional cuts are needed. If we need to further decrease the budget, we will be looking at cutting freshman sports further, reducing the funding for co-curricular supplies and eliminating teacher positions. If this budget fails, we need to hear from our community about what is important in order to put forward a budget that will be approved in a vote.

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