Judy Spooner writes in the Woodbury Bulletin: “District 833 School Board moves forward on Crosswinds takeover.”

Board members unanimously agreed to proceed with a letter of interest to the East Metro Integration District, which can no longer afford to operate the integration school.

Unfortunately she seemed a bit confused about the finances, which is not unusual even for members of our own board.

South Washington County Schools gets most of its integration money, about $2.4 million, from the state. There is also a local levy with District 833 contributing $1 million to EMID with two-thirds of the money going to operate the two schools.

In fact, no integration funds at all are being spent on the two EMID schools. The EMID Board decided last year that all integration funds would be spent on shared services and the schools would only get “backpack” funding from the state.