We’ll talk to a guest from Chippewa Falls, the school district business manager, about the problems being faced in communities with declining school enrollment. Whether because of demographics or (increasingly) the threat from taxpayer-funded private school vouchers, each kid who leaves means state aid goes down a little. But expenses don’t. The lights still go on and the school bus gets fueled whether there are 20 kids or 19. Is the current system sustainable? Also: We’ll get some western Wisconsin headlines from Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska.

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