Chequamegon School district facing $1 million yearly shortfall; as soon as 2015-16 school year without changes

PARK FALLS - Taxpayers in the Chequamegon School District will need to make school related decisions soon. District Administrator David Anderson says the district faces a projected $1 million budget deficit for the 2015-16 school year.

"If nothing changes, then it will be one million dollars in the hole approximately," Anderson said. "(The deficit) will grow to over two million dollars over a period of five years, and out of a S10 million dollar budget, that's very significant."

Anderson says 70 percent of his costs come from staff, so the looming deficit could force the district to lay off 28 of its 65 teachers to compensate for lost funding.

Full story: WJFW

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