Pandemic funds fill big hole in school budget

The Northern Ozaukee School District is making good use of the ESSER pandemic relief funds, allocating almost $500,000 to help balance the 2022-23 budget.

“Had we not gotten that, we’d have a big hole,” School Board Vice President Dan Large said during the budget hearing Monday.

Joshua McDaniel, the district’s director of business services, concurred, saying, “If we did not get those, we would be looking at a different picture.”