Superintendent talks about school finances

Local school finances are recovering from a county mix-up, but could possibly face lean times, depending on the state Legislature, according to Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson.

Carlson spoke to about 20 people, nearly half of whom are school administrators, about the financial state of the Havre public districts, in the Triangle Communications Hospitality Room in a public forum Monday night.

The county situation, where county property owners were incorrectly taxed and had to be recharged, has been resolved and taken some pressure off, Carlson said.

"We were, about a month a...