“As Wichita school board members got their first detailed look at a proposed budget Monday, a few words kept popping up: Scary. Frightening. Tight. Really tight.

“The $648 million budget for 2015-16 – about $35 million less than last year’s budget and $4 million less than last year’s expenditures – cuts some programs and expenses, raises property taxes and freezes teacher pay.

“’There isn’t a whole lot, other than people, that we can start cutting after this,’ said board member Sheril Logan. ‘And that scares me.’”

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