The Wrangell School District — its students, staff and parents — will need to practice deep-breathing exercises to relieve the stress as they wait to see if the state Legislature and governor can agree on adequate funding for public education while at the same time waiting on Congress to reauthorize a quarter-century-old federal aid program for rural schools.
These are significant and serious stress issues, particularly for Wrangell.
State funding, based on a per-pupil formula, and the federal Secure Rural Schools money that comes through the borough, together account for more than 70% of the...
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