[Vision2020] 151 teachers leave Idaho school district

[Art Deco]

Story problem:

Accountants:  If you subtract the crooked and then the incompetent accounts
from the total, how many are left?

w.


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of KHQ at:
>
> http://www.khq.com/story/22805953/151-teachers-leave-idaho-school-district
>
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>
> 151 teachers leave Idaho school district
>
> NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - A school district in southwestern Idaho that is
> reeling from budget problems has lost 20% of its teachers in the last few
> months.
>
> Nampa School District Superintendent Pete Koehler said during a board
> meeting Tuesday that 151 teachers have left since the end of the school
> year - far more than the usual 5% annual turnover rate.
>
> The district has suffered a series of financial blows starting last year,
> when officials discovered almost $3 million in 1-time budget money had been
> counted twice. In May, a financial analyst discovered that $1.2 million
> went to general operations rather than bond repayment. The end result is a
> $5.1 million deficit that has officials looking at cutting costs by forcing
> teachers to take 14 unpaid furlough days and imposing other cuts.
> --------------------------------------
>
> Hey, somebody's gotta pay for those corporate tax breaks Governor Otter
> keeps giving away, right?
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
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