Haines’ school board passed its final school budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a special meeting last week that required the district to pull $167,900 from its savings account.
The state’s enrollment-based funding decreased from $3 million to $2.7 million in part because the school anticipates two fewer students with intensive needs. Each intensive student is funded at a rate 15 (fifteen) times greater than a regular student.
But the biggest change is a…
