Auburn school district moves forward after budget defeat

AUBURN -- District officials in the Auburn Enlarged City School District clarified, but did not elaborate on, what may be cut from its defeated school budget to abide by a state-mandated contingency budget.

During a special board of education meeting Wednesday, Superintendent J.D. Pabis listed items for which funding will be either reduced or cut to trim down district spending about $593,000 to meet state regulations in the wake of voters defeating the proposed 2008-09 school budget a second time Tuesday, 2,185-1,972.

Voters defeated the $66,490,371 budget, which carried a tax levy increase of 3.28 percent, May 20 by just three votes.