Board candidate wants public more involved in budget cuts

Editor's note: This is the last of four profiles of candidates running for two seats on the Havre school board. The election is Tuesday.

After nearly 20 years running a family ranch and 11 more working for the state Department of Transportation, school board candidate Norman Proctor said he's learned a lot about "making do."

"You have this and that's what you've got to work with," he said. "You live within your budget."

That's a useful skill for someone on the school board, Proctor said. Student enrollment at Havre Public Schools declined for the past several years before leveling off this yea...