sentences:  “Attrition is the way to go,” noted board member Kevin Walriven, who pointed to reductions of $2,272,474 in operating expenses over the past 10 years with the reduction of 25 positions due to attrition.“When you RIF you don’t lose the experienced teacher, you lose a beginning teacher.”
  
  Since 2001 New Richmond schools have reduced administrators from 16 to 12, classroom teachers from 179 to 163 and classroom support staff from 41 to 36.If all the retirements materialize over the next five years, New Richmond will need to transfer teachers based on their certification to fill openings.