HUBER HEIGHTS — Huber Heights City Schools is the latest large, local school district to announce job and service cuts for the next school year.

The $4 million in cuts, the district announced come on the heels of those of other districts — such as Beavercreek, Vandalia-Butler, Tipp City and Carlisle — that also announced multimillion-dollar reductions in jobs, positions programs and services this month.

In Huber Heights for 2012-13, district officials said they will eliminate busing for high school students and reduce busing for middle-schoolers; eliminate art classes at the elementary schools; go to all-day, every-other-day kindergarten; and eliminate 62 positions districtwide and lay off 63.

Superintendent William Kirby said there is some crossover in positions and layoffs, but the groups are not the same.

“Not all of those whose positions are being eliminated are being laid off,” Kirby said. “Seniority plays a role.

“We also hope to pull some of those laid off back through attrition.”

The cuts in Huber Heights have been discussed and approved in waves during the last year, with the latest announcements of what staff members would be laid off coming Friday.

These changes will reduce district costs by $4 million, which is on top of $4 million in cuts last year. Kirby noted that some of these cost savings are the result of the district moving into new buildings and consolidating services. Huber Heights also announced Friday that Susan Gunnell will become the district’s superintendent next year.

Gunnell, who started with the district as a school psychologist in 1984 and most recently served as assistant superintendent of administrative services, will take over this summer for the retiring Kirby.

Gunnell said she is familiar with the issues facing the district, having witnessed similar cuts and financial distress in the 1990s, and is ready to work through them.

“There are definitely challenges ahead, but as I do in solving any problem, you have to have good people around you, pull together and tackle it one step at a time,” said Gunnell, 53.

Gunnell, who will earn $129,500 annually, also recommended that the position she held this year be among those cut for next school year, to save positions elsewhere.

Huber Heights’ total expenditures for fiscal year 2011 were $67 million, and the district’s five-year forecast projects total expenditures for 2012 to be $66.3 million.

The district, which has more than 6,000 students and was rated “Effective” on the state report card for 2010-11, had its last two levies fail and is one of the many districts planning levies for later this year. Huber Heights is planning a levy request in November.

• In Tipp City Schools on Monday, the school board reviewed a list of more than $1 million in reductions and voted to cut 10.5 staff positions and eliminate field trips not paid for by grants, six assistant coach positions and professional development.

The district also increased the walk zone to 1.5 miles, from 1 mile, and increased pay-to-participate fees by 50 percent.

A levy is planned for the August ballot, which would generate about $3 million annually. Tipp City’s total expenditures for 2011 were $21.9 million, and the district is projecting to spend $21.7 million for 2012.

• Last week, Beavercreek City Schools carved $2.5 million in cuts out of its budget for 2012-13 by cutting 50 positions; halving its elementary school art, music and PE classes; and eliminating more than a dozen electives at the high school, including some Advanced Placement classes.

This was on top of previous cuts, including high school busing and reducing middle school busing, that the district has made in the last year.

Beavercreek has said it will place a levy on the ballot in November after three straight failures.

• Vandalia-Butler City Schools Board of Education met Tuesday night to discuss $7 million in cuts, which are intended to take place in two phases during the next two years.

Prior to the meeting, cuts were projected to be 20 to 30 staff positions, as well as high school and elementary school busing.

School officials said, if their levy passes in August, they would be able to reinstate elementary school busing. These cuts are in addition to $12 million in cuts made in the last four years.

• Carlisle Local Schools also announced Monday that it would cut eight teaching positions to save $600,000 for next school year, and will raise student, athletic and marching band fees.

Contributing writer Nancy Bowman and staff writer Steven Matthews contributed to this report.