The Lockwood School Board approved its $13,052,562.52 budget, with one dissenting vote, at their meeting last week. The budget falls about $700,000 short of what is needed, according to the School’s Business Manager and Clerk Laurie Kvamme. But trustees have targeted some opportunities to reduce that short fall, she said.
“All and all, we still have work to do,” said Kvamme, “But it’s not horrible, not like a lot of schools.”
The increasing cost of hiring teachers is part of the reason, but all costs are going up for all school districts.
Since the addition of the new high school, Lockwood has been having to add to the number of teachers hired each year.
Superintendent Don Christman reported that this year the district has filled read more
