This school year has been fairly quiet in the Tripp-Delmont district, compared to last year. Voters approved a four hundred-thousand-dollar property tax opt out in May, following months of public meetings and debate.
The district also began a four day a week schedule this fall.

Superintendent Gail Swenson says students and parents have adapted……

Swenson says the opt out gives them some longer term stability…

Swenson says the budget boost also helped them hit their teacher pay accountability goal…..

Swenson says the budget freeze, as proposed by Governor Dennis Daugaard, could again cause them some problems in next year’s budget.