Schools' budget approved

External cost adjustments do make for a better budget.

Tuesday night, the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board passed the 2015-2016 budget. The $65.9 million budget, without those cost adjustments, would have been a bit more difficult to build. Pete Brandjord, business manager for the district, said it was the best budget his office put together since the last cost adjustments in 2010.

According to the budget’s introductory page, the district’s assessed valuation decreased slightly by approximately $2 million, leaving the valuation of the district at $1.01 billion. The decrease repres...