New superintendent optimistic of state support as veto override provides budget help

New superintendent optimistic of state support as veto override provides budget help

Joshua Garrett was enjoying a quiet Saturday when he learned that Alaska lawmakers had overridden Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $50 million in school funding — news that will restore more than $100,000 to the Wrangell school district’s revenues. For the new schools superintendent, the Legislature’s 45-14 vote on Aug. 2 represented more than just a small bit of financial relief. It offered validatio...