Source: Ursula Zerilli, Mlive.com, June 26, 2012

The Parchment School District Board of Education used charts and graphs to explain the drastic revenue losses driving the district to privatize 11 custodial positions and lay off a librarian, 3 aides and a part-time counselor at their meeting on Monday….Whitacker said she was told there were no concessions they could make that would beat the deal janitorial service company D.M. Burr is offering the district to contract their jobs….

…Last week, Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools decided to hold off on privatizing its custodial and transportation workers to give union employees more time to make concessions….