06/09/2003: "Teacher pay raise forces Jeffco to cut $4.6 million"
GOLDEN - School budget officials went back to the cutting board in late May after the district agreed to give its employees a 1.2-percent raise.
The Jefferson County R-1 Board of Education is considering $4.7 million in cuts to balance the budget after agreeing to the cost of living adjustment for most of the district’s 12,000 employees. (Jefferson County Transcript)


