Faced with the ugly task of closing an expected $145 million budget shortfall next year, Fairfax school officials are considering cancellation of the annual salary increase that allows employees to keep pace with the cost of living.
The cost-of-living freeze, the largest of dozens of belt-tightening measures proposed by the superintendent this month, would save the school system $52 million. Officials, however, say all of those cuts are far from certain.
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