By Raymond Monasterski
Buena Vista’s school board set a 5 p.m. public hearing Thursday to hear comments on its proposed budget for next year. The plan calls for $500,000 less in spending than this year’s $11.2 million. But Superintendent John Keeler said the system still expects to add two full-time teaching positions in the next school year and give all employees a 2 percent cost-of-living raise. The school board’s regular monthly meeting will be held following the hearing at the Ramsey Center on Magnolia Avenue.