Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 37 declining enrollment 31 extracurricular activities 30 Head Start 30 millage 28 chopping block 26 extracurricular 22 budget 22 funding 22 budgeted 21 closure 21 fiscally responsible 20 appropriation 20 budgetary 19 developmentally disabled 19 earmarked 18 cutbacks 18 closures 18 appropriations 17 budget shortfall 17 budget shortfalls 16 rehired 16 consolidations 16 shortfall 16 shuttering 15 downsizing 15 belt tightening 15 elimination 14 reassigned 14 unfunded 14 Layoffs 14 eliminated 14 taxpayers 14 trimmed 14 financially strapped 14 trims 14 cash strapped 13 closings 13 layoffs 13 downsized 13 Appropriations 13 budgets 13 taxpayer dollars 12 cuts 12 heavily dependent 12 eliminations 12 lay offs 12 Appropriations Committee 12 ax 12 redundancies 12 downsize 12 financially troubled 12 vetoes 11 cutback 11 trimming 11 furloughed 11 dire straits 11 finishing touches 11 cutting 11 furlough 11 privatizing 11 Cuts 11 shuttered 10 fate 10 furloughs 10 imperiled 10 axed 10 hiring freeze 10 shutdown 10 purview 10 pink slips 9 cut 9 axing 9 discretionary spending 9 spared 9 saving grace 9 House Appropriations Committee 8 reductions 8 veto 8 jeopardy 8 slashed 8 pare 8 burner 8 limbo 7 payroll 7 unfilled 7 crosshairs 7 endangered 7 slashing 6 extinction 6 gutting 6 brink 6 slash 5 crunch 4 Cutting 4 radar screen 2 reshuffling 2 verge 2 chop 0 teetering -1 whacked -5 whack