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It’s still 2023, but local school districts are already preparing for next year’s budget. Both Evergreen and Vancouver anticipate serious shortfalls requiring staff cuts, all while students are still struggling to recover from lingering effects of the pandemic.
Inflation, stagnant state funding and the exhaustion of pandemic-era relief money leave the region’s largest districts millions of dollars short of what they said they need to support growing student needs.
