School board says yes to tech education hire, no to elementary counselor posting

The New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) Board of Education was challenged with balancing budget constraints and student needs at their April 9 meeting.

When taking a second look at the preliminary budget, board members saw that work had been done to reduce the deficit between projected revenue and expenses. The deficit had decreased from $115,000 to $68,000; however, two key staffing recommendations had...