School board president appoints committee to advise on long-term budget plan

School Board President Dave Wilson on April 14 named 10 people to a special committee to assist the board in developing a long-term budget plan.

The district has been drawing on its dwindling savings the past few years to cover spending, and it doesn’t look likely that any combination of state, municipal or federal money is going to rescue the district from spending cuts.

“The budget situation is extremely dire,” Ryan Howe, a 16-year teacher in the district, said at the school board’s April 14 meeting. “There’s no calvary coming.”

Wilson said the special committee would present its report to t...