“District Superintendent Jim Hinson told school board members at their monthly meeting Thursday that he fully expects the state at some point in the coming school year to cut funding to schools and that his staff has taken precautions to keep the district afloat in all but the most catastrophic of financial situations.

“’We’re trying to be very prudent, very careful,’ Hinson said. ‘We do not want to be in a situation where all of the sudden in January we lose a very significant amount of money and we’re trying to figure out what do we do to make ends meet in the middle of our fiscal year. So as much as possible we’re trying to prepare for this scenario that unfortunately right now we think is likely.’”

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