District looks at lowered revenues

With a loss of funding and a voluntary reduction in school budgets requested by Gov. Mark Gordon, Sweetwater County School District No. 2 is moving forward with a voluntary reduction incentive plan.

The plan was approved unanimously by the district’s board of trustees last week.

During a presentation to the board last week, Superintendent Craig Barringer said the district is down 211 students from the 2019-2020 school year, which will lead to a projected loss of $855,000 in funding. In total, the district is projecting a loss of $988,400 in funding for the 2021-2022 school year. This is compou...