With property taxes heavy on the pocketbook more and more school districts across the state are stuck carrying the burden. The most recent example is from Williston where a second failed bond approval vote will require the district to figure out what to do with high school class sizes they don’t have room for.
Few stories are more central to Minot’s future than this one. With classes in our elementary grades far exceeding our capacity in middle schools and high schools, there’s a reckoning coming somewhere.