MORROW — School board members here unanimously approved $1.8 million in budget cuts Tuesday evening and then faced the criticisms of disgruntled Little Miami Schools residents.

        The district's spring campaign for an emergency operating tax levy stressed the likelihood of budget cuts but voters last month defeated the proposed property tax increase, which would have raised $2.7 annually beginning in January.

        The Little Miami Board of Education voted 5-0 for a reduction package that included elimination of seven full-time teaching positions, 63 supplemental contracts that includes classroom instructional assistants and 12 coaching positions.

        Moreover, the cuts require each high school student to pay $200 per sport, junior high students $185 and high school marching band participants $135 per student. School buildings also will close at 4:30 p.m. beginning Aug. 1.

        “This coming school year will be very demanding,” Little Miami Superintendent Ralph Shell told more than two dozen parents at Little Miami High School.

        But some parents blasted district officials for what they described as inconsistent budget information during the last levy campaign.

        “I'm extremely confused,” said district resident William Hall. “I feel like I'm getting ripped off.”

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