Etowah school board approves budget

The Etowah County Board of Education approved $84 million budget for 2014-2014 Tuesday. Supt. Alan Cosby said the budget will keep the county schools financially sound.  The biggest expenditures are for instructional and support services at more than $50 million to cover salaries of more than 1,100 employees.

 Cosby said they  estimated expenditures to be high and revenues to be low,” which he said provides an overall good budget at the end of the year.”