Board avoids layoffs by Sunny Meriwether - posted Thursday, September 6th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm  E-mail Story |  Print Story  The Monroe City School Board will vote on a proposed balanced budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year at its Sept. 11 meeting. Interim Superintendent Derenda Flowers presented the budget to the School Board Finance Committee Tuesday. The School Board has struggled to develop a budget since May, when former Superintendent Kathleen Harris submitted several proposed spending plans. School Board Finance Committee chairman Vickie Krutzer said the various budgets Harris submitted were all between $1 million and $2 million out of balance. The School Board's often-contentious relationship with Harris resulted in her suspension in June and then a buy-out of her contract last month. ..... For the full story, subscribe to the The Ouachita Citizen's NEW E-Edition!