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Pinedale, Wyoming schools try to give money away

January 29, 2006/

At a time when many Wyoming school districts are scrambling for dollars, one district has so much money it has been trying to give it away.

A booming oil and natural gas industry has swollen the coffers of Sublette County School District 1 in Pinedale.

This school year the district will collect $67 million more in property taxes than the $7 million it is guaranteed for school operations under the state’s K-12 funding formula.

By ROBERT W. BLACK
Star-Tribune capital bureau

Full Story: http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/01/29/news/28b3e0a2661c71bd872571040078693c.txt

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