State cuts mean $1.4 million less for local schools

Whitman County schools will take a $1,417,405 hit over the next eight months, compliments of the state’s Dec. 11 special session.

The figure may mean layoffs for some districts.

“It’s going to be really hard on us,” said Rick Winters, superintendent for St. John/Endicott.

The $1,417,405 is part of state-wide cuts legislators made to two school programs, K-4 enhancement and the EduJobs grant.

Education Service District 101, the overarching educational district serving the eastern Washington region, did the math on those cuts and sent out the results of their calculations to all 59 districts in...