GENOA – Genoa-Kingston District 424 leaders hope to save more than $600,000 next academic year by cutting freshman sports, 14 teaching jobs and dozens of support personnel.

School board members voted, 6-0, Tuesday to cut the positions, to eliminate fitness center open hours, and to control the number of copies made on district copy machines. They also plan to transfer two employees to principal spots and a lay off a district office assistant.

The positions cut involve the areas of music, reading, bilingual education, English Language Learners education, instructional technology, science, math, art and counseling.