The next big fail? Dozens (and dozens) of schools not only failing to educate, but going broke whilst doing so!--------Essexville-Hampton school employees asked to take 6% wage cut; district is again $600,000 in debt

Essexville-Hampton school employees asked to take 6% wage cut; district is again $600,000 in debt | MLive.com:
"ESSEXVILLE, MI — For the second time in four years, Essexville-Hampton Public Schools is hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and administrators are now asking all employees to take wage cuts.
Employees across the board are being asked to cut 6 percent from their wages and benefits in order to climb out of a $600,000 hole, and not everyone is on board with the plan.
The school board on Monday, Nov. 10, approved the latest two-year state deficit elimination plan.
In 2010, the school board approved a deficit plan that included wage freezes and cuts to health benefits to eliminate $653,000 of debt."