The School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) voted to cut $4 million in Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) positions and give administrators a 1.3% retroactive raise after much deliberation over how to address the district’s suffering budget.
ACPS interim superintendent Kamela Patton prefaced the five-hour regular meeting’s action items on Tuesday with a reminder that the SBAC’s projected $15 million general fund deficit, discussed at a district workshop in March and then voted on in an April meeting, had since grown to $20 million.
She warned the board that approving the personnel cuts and not approving the raises would leave staff with more work to cover for less pay…