The Haines School District has savings but Superintendent Roy Getchell said it could burn through them fast given current pressures from inflation and flat-funding from the state. (File photo/Chilkat Valley News)

Alaska lawmakers convened in Juneau on Tuesday and essentially rejected any lingering hope that they would override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $87 million in school funding from last year’s budget. 

Chatham School District Superintendent Ralph Watkins

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