Youngstown schools trim $2.1 million

YOUNGSTOWN — The city school district has trimmed nearly $2.1 million during this school year, largely as a result of voters’ turning down a 9.5-mill new operating levy in November.

Superintendent Dr. Wendy Webb outlined the reductions imposed in the $120 million general fund budget during a meeting Thursday of the state Financial Planning and Supervision Commission, which is overseeing district finances.

Youngstown is in state-determined fiscal emergency as the result of a $15 million budget deficit.

Webb said the immediate cuts included the elimination of one supervisory and six secretarial positions, reductions in health-care costs, re-evaluation of bus transportation routes, reduction in allocation to the worker’s compensation reserve fund and various other changes.

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