Call it Fete de Marquette-plus: The annual festival of all things Cajun, French and musical has more stages and many other opportunities for joie de vivre this weekend.
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The Greenway School Board met for the first time since a special election was held at the beginning of the year to vote in three new board members. The current board now consists of Chair Bob Schwartz, Bill Hoeft, LaNea Randall-Johnson, Carissa McIlwain-Nelson, Ryan Johns and Mary Kay Jacobson. New board members got right down to business as the board went through a revision of the ISD 316 budget.Â
Revised Budget
District Business Manager Randi Jurgansen presented board members with a revised budget for fiscal year 2021. The projected ending balance of the budget is $2,505,100. Jurgansen explained how the district operates out of nine funds that can be classified as either nonspendable, restricted, committed, assigned and unassigned. Much of the districtâs funding is based on the amount of students it serves. In September 2020, the district started the school year with 1,021 students. As of Feb. 16, the total number of students was at 997.Â