Catlin adopts $4.6 million spending plan

CATLIN – School officials on Thursday adopted a $4.6 million budget –including $139,000 in deficit spending – for the 2007-08 fiscal year .

Superintendent Guy Banicki said the new budget is very similar to the district's previous, $4.3 million budget. The main differences are higher salaries and benefits for employees, and the addition of a full-time art teacher for the district.

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