School districts across South Dakota are racing to finish their budgets and fill any remaining vacancies before students return to the classrooms later this month.

Tom Culver, Superintendent for the Avon School District, says while they are fully staffed for this year, that will change in the near future…

Culver says they have formed a committee that is planning ahead….

Culver says state funding adjustments made just a few years ago are falling behind…

Culver says they expect enrollment to be steady this fall with about two hundred thirty students.