District budget approved

“It’s been a long process,” Sweetwater County School District No. 2 business manager Pete Brandjord said when introducing the district’s 2017-2018 budget Tuesday night.

The school board approved the district’s budget and mill levy allocations.

The district, as a result of action from the Wyoming Legislature earlier this year and decreased capital projects expenditures, suffered a $5.6 million decrease in its budget from last year.

In total, the budget will be $58.6 million. Brandjord said the district may receive another 6 percent decrease in revenues for the 2018-2019 budget yea...