Anticipating a 17-student drop in enrollment, the Haines Borough School District is projecting a $269,000 shortfall in its $4.93 million budget for the coming year.
The gap would be covered by the district’s $848,000 general fund surplus, but school board members at a finance meeting Tuesday cautioned that the district’s surplus would be knocked down to $421,000 this time next year.
“We can’t do this again. It’s not a sustainable budget,” said board member Lisa…
