Klukwan School advocates asked the Chatham school board last week to hire a teacher, a hire superintendent Bruce Houck has declined to make in the face of declining enrollment and severely reduced state funding.
Klukwan’s enrollment fell to 7 by the October count deadline, below the minimum 10 required to receive full state funding. Houck told the board that even with the 12 students the board budgeted for last spring, Klukwan School already had a…