School districts scramble to make good on pay raises

But when the state increases our pay, it costs us. It's going to make it tougher to put a budget together, no question In the tiny Hockinson School District , the budget gap is $250,000. For Vancouver Public Schools, the shortfall is more like $4 million, officials say. via The Columbian

[Lew Waters]

Isn't it ironic that the school budgets are facing such shortfalls, shortly after the state allowed $13.2 million dollars in grants to slip through their fingers?

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