La Conner school district has new budget for new year

La Conner teachers welcome students back to class today, a return to full-time in-person instruction for the first time since March 2020.

But planning for the Sept. 1 back to school date has been weeks in the making, including a series of summer budget workshops and hearings capped by passage in late July of a balanced $14 million general fund budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year.

The school district anticipates $14,070,000 in revenues and expenditures of $14,022,000 during the ’21-’w22 year.

The budget was approved during a July 26 hybrid school board meeting with new district business manager...