Public schools across the country are funded mostly by the state and federal governments. For the 2021-2022 school year, the percentage of federal funding was 13.7%; this has since decreased to 8% in the...
Anna Rehkamp, Social Media Editor
• February 18, 2026
The Stillwater district school board recently announced at their board meeting on Jan. 20, a $5.5 million deficit for the next school year. This deficit could impact future financial decisions and budget...
Celia Cooper, Social Media Editor
• September 5, 2025
Over the past year and summer, Stillwater school district has had to deal with a $5 million budget cut due to cuts to federal funding. The school board had to make adjustments to staff, classrooms and...
Nissa Wilcox, Layout Editor In Chief
• October 28, 2021
On election day Nov. 2, district taxpayers will be presented with two questions: an operational levy to continue funding for quality learning to district students and a technology levy to provide new technology...
Abby Banks, Print Editor-in-Chief
• March 15, 2019
The school board voted 5-1 to cut $348,000 from the district's budgeted professional development (PD) days at a March 7 business meeting. This was on top of the $500,000 cut with combined PD and curriculum...
Lilly Sample, Online Editor-in-Chief
• February 26, 2019
During the 2017-2018 school year, the board fell into a $2.4 million deficit pit. Meetings to address the deficit began in early October, and are still continuing into late February.
Being $2.4 million...
On Dec. 13, the school board began examining the budget cuts within the district that needed to happen. The school is budgeting around a $2.5 million deficit and they approved $1.081 million worth of...
Budget cuts have rolled around again to the district as continued deficit spending mandates continued cuts to program funding. The goal of these cuts is to create a balanced budget for the 2015-2016 school...
