BY DERRICK PERKINSFor school officials and union representatives it may be back to the drawing board after voters rejected every collective bargaining agreement that affected the tax rate at the ballot box. Voters turned down proposed raises for the district’s teachers, aides, nurses, secretaries and custodians on last week’s ballot. ...

BY STEPHEN BEALESchool Board members said they shaved the budget as close as they could without causing any bleeding, but several residents said they might be comfortable with some bleeding. The speakers at the Monday, Jan. 12, public hearing told the School Board that teachers should not be receiving raises during a recession and that it needed ...