La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on $2.3 million budget deficit, school funding, governor's race

La Crosse School superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel joined to discuss how the district’s $2.3 million budget deficit, school funding and how it gets involved in the Wisconsin governor’s race. Began the show, though, highlighting the district’s marching bands that took part in the Oktoberfest parades last week — four in the Maple Leaf and another three in the Torchlight. After that, we also discussed how teachers’ roles have expanded the past few decades with their importance focusing more on getting students ready for the workforce in a more heightened way than in the past. After that, we hit on how the district looks at the governor’s race, plus the school funding situation provided by the state. Ended things looking at the $2.3 million budget deficit and a quick note on the bidding process being completed for State Road Elementary’s revamp.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.