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Mount Baker School District plots path out of million-dollar deficit

The district has a new superintendent and new binding conditions, but budget cuts still needed

The side of the red building showcasing Mount Baker School.
New binding conditions for Mount Baker School District were made public Friday, Jan. 26 to address the district's financial deficit, but budget cuts will still be needed. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)
By Charlotte Alden General Assignment/Enterprise Reporter
At least one of three cash-starved Washington school districts is expecting to meet conditions set out by the state and regain its financial footing.  The Mount Baker School District in Whatcom County faced more than a million-dollar deficit in August last year, but after months of being closely monitored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the state is expecting the district to “return to financial solvency," according to a December statement from OSPI's Exec

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