For some Georgia families, the ongoing formula shortage is compounded by larger issues of food access or a variety of things that make shifting to breastfeeding difficult if not impossible.
Teacher recruiting/retention is among the top issues facing the board in the coming years, many of the candidates say, and that interest pleases Superintendent Terry Brenner.
There are 23 School Board candidates; the Herald emailed a questionnaire to all but one (Aaron Waterman did not respond to a phone voice-message requesting his email address). Of those, 20 responded, and their answers are below.
Grand Forks-area voters approved a 10-mil property tax increase in September, and revenue from that tax is expected to start hitting the district's bank account beginning next month. School board members are set to begin figuring out how, exactly, they'll spend that money, which district staff expect will total about $2.5 million annually.