School leaders avoid $500k loss of federal funds

Leaders of two school districts Tuesday night, agreed to a “tuition” plan that’s been in dispute for months, which threatened to cost them over half a million dollars that would otherwise go to educating their students.

Everyone was relieved at a joint meeting of the boards of directors of the Nespelem and Grand Coulee Dam School districts.

“Thank you so much for working hard to make that agreemen...