Proposals to trim the Clay County, Fla., school budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 could cause wholesale disruption of both the educational and extracurricular programs in the district, including athletics.

Superintendent Ben Wortham presented School Board members and a room full of concerned educators a list of proposed cuts that would reduce expenses by more than $27 million in the coming school year.

Included in those proposals:

• a saving of $11 million by eliminating up to 256 allocations district wide
• 3 percent salary cuts to save $5 million
• eliminate all school supplements at a savings of $3 million Read the rest of this entry »