Next year's school budget approved

DAVENPORT—It’s budget season in local school districts, and the school board here approved the budget for the 2022-23 school year at the regular meeting Wednesday, July 27.

The board accepted the budget presented by first-year business manager Dana Telecky, who completed her first budget for the district.

The school district is budgeting for 540 students this year, a 10-year increase from the two previous years. The district anticipates more students than that as enrollment rose to 562.94 last year, but the plus-10 increase allows for more conservative figures, Telecky said.

The district will...