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SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Sitka schools are ending this academic year with a $200,000 surplus.
The Sitka School Board decided to save half the surplus while the other half helps pay for arts curriculum, KCAW-FM reported (http://bit.ly/28Zj5Q2).
District business manager Cassee Olin told board members in June that savings on utilities and heating fuel were the most significant.
"Maintenance was the big winner of our categories, as I say. It was a significant surplus of $291,570. Utilities and heating fuel were the biggest savings for the district, due to the high school and the middle school being solely dependent on their electric boilers. And the mild winter contributed to savings, and the low rates we are currently receiving from the City & Borough for the on-demand electric service."
Olin budgets conservatively for both electricity and heating fuel.
The Electric Department can decide when boilers at Sitka High and Blatchley Middle School are turned on.
Sitka discounts the electricity it sells to the schools.
School starts Aug. 24.
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