Havre trustees take ax to school spending

Havre School Board members went through the painful process of prioritizing what spending requests to carry forward and what to table during the annual meeting to hash out the district's preliminary budget.

The board cut about $85,000 from initial requests after school administrators presented their wish lists for the 2003-2004 school year.

The changes are not final until the board votes on the budget on June 15.

In addition to special requests - one-time requests each school makes for special projects - the presenters submitted their budget requests that include everything from teachers' sala...