Fayette County parents grown

accustomed to a certain level of service from their local school district

protested loudly last August when budget concerns forced a cutback in

bus routes.

Similar cuts in "luxuries"

provided by the Fayette County Board of Education could be reality next

fall as well, as the state prepares to cut millions of education dollars

to local systems in the 2005 budget.

Those concerns and the initial

brainstorming for the district's next five-year building program

will be among the topics Saturday when the school board gathers for their

annual retreat.

Because the board won't

actually be going anywhere, meeting at school district headquarters in

downtown Fayetteville, Superintendent John DeCotis is calling the meeting

a "summit."

Whatever it's called,

the five-hour working session is open to the public and will include long-range

planning of instructional programs as well.

The summit starts at 8:30 a.m.

and will run until about 1:30, Decotis said. Lunch will be provided by

a school district business partner.

"So it's not costing

us a thing," he said.

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