BOE calls meeting tonight to discuss budget cuts and the furlough

Budget and personnel issues will be handled at a special Pike County board of education meeting called for tonight, July 23, at 6:30 p.m.The budget discussion is expected to center around funding cuts and teacher furloughs ordered by Gov. Sonny Perdue earlier this week.An unrelated topic of personnel issues will be discussed in closed session.For a full report on the meeting, read the July 29 edition of the Pike County Journal-Reporter.