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An ominous funding forecast came true for area school officials Wednesday when Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced a 10 percent cut in state aid.
The Associated School Boards of South Dakota sent a memo to districts on Jan. 7, warning them of a potential 10 percent cut in state aid in education from the Daugaard administration.
For small districts such as Sanborn Central that officials said have reduced their budgets as much as possible, it doesn’t leave much room. Continue Reading

In his first state budget address from Pierre on Wednesday, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed $60 million in cuts for state funding to K-12 education. The chop is among $127 million in statewide cuts outlined by the governor.
The roughly 10 percent cut delivered a “worst case” budget scenario for Mitchell schools, said Superintendent Joe Graves, and will amount to roughly $1.2 million in reduced funding for the Mitchell School District. In previous comments, Graves had remained hopeful the cuts would be no more than 5 percent. “We’re going to have to make reductions,” he said Wednesday. Continue Reading