Those looking to retire from the Newton Community School District via the district’s early retirement policy under School Board Policy 410.1 can breathe a bit more easily after Monday night’s regular meeting of the Newton Community School Board of Education.

The measure, which was up for a second reading, received the most attention and garnered the most discussion of any item on the meeting’s agenda.

Revoked just two years prior, the policy rose to relevance once again as a tool to contribute to the $180,000 in cuts the district must make heading into the 2013-2014 school year, said NCSD Superintendent Steve McDermott.