Levy failures, accounting errors lead to layoffs in Moses Lake schools
The Center Square - 2024-05-14T23:37:00.000Z

(The Center Square) – Teachers and other Moses Lake School District staff started receiving nonrenewal notices this week after the school board approved a plan to reduce personnel by around 100 people. The district's Board of Directors approved the measure during a special School Board meeting on Saturday. The meeting followed the repeated failure of MLSD's Maintenance and Operations Levy in February and April and ongoing conversations about the budget since then. ...

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