BURRELL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET PLAN BEING DEVELOPED

The initial draft of the Burrell School District budget includes a real estate tax increase of just under four percent.  This would result in an annual payment hike of over 100 dollars for a home assessed at 23-thousand dollars.  The district is facing a deficit of more than 300-thousand dollars for this year due to decreasing assessment values and increasing costs.  The new budget plan is still being developed and needs to be approved by June.