CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KATU) — School districts across Southwest Washington are feeling the pinch and trimming their budgets ahead of the next school year.
KATU learned the budget woes are due to converging circumstances tied to increased personnel costs, inflation, enrollment declines, and the expiration of COVID-19 pandemic-era, one-time money from the federal government that patched the problem.
“That was a big Band-Aid that held us for the last couple years, so this isn’t a surprise. We’ve been trying to yell from the rooftops that this was coming,” Camas Superintendent Dr. John Anzalone told KATU…