The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board approved a local budget request Tuesday night that’s about $33 million over what commissioners proposed.
Superintendent Don Phipps built a base budget around what county officials have said they plan to give the district — just under $180 million.
But he also prepared an additional request to fund critical needs that won’t be covered elsewhere, like roughly 70 Exceptional Children positions, 40 teachers and 76 classified flex employees, which could be instructional or bilingual assistants, for example…