DeKalb schools budget an extra $12 million in red
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- The DeKalb County School Board members received shocking news on Monday night that the system faces another $12 million dollars in cuts on top of the $73 million dollar hole they've spent weeks trying to fill.
The panel tabled a vote on the budget after learning the news they now have to consider $85 million in budget cuts.
"Based on some new figures from the county that the tax digest would actually be worse," said Walter Woods.
"The original projection was 6 percent lower, when it's actually 9 percent lower," Woods said. "We'd have to account for another $12 million in the budget."
That now brings the total budget gap to $85 million; but who does it affect?
Here are some of the areas already on the chopping block: