>>The Jewell School District has about 150 students and a budget of $5 million.
$33K per student - I think I see the problem.
Exactly. That’s well over twice the national average. A 40% cut would still be above average funding.
Top heavy I’m sure. It’s the way of the world now. My first job had 80 employees as does my current job. Similar manufacturing environment but the new job has three times as many white collar people.
First job was a man and his three sons plus a secretary. One of the sons was shop foreman and two were sales/management. This new job has a 3-4 dedicated “experts” to do what one of those sons used to do.