Schools stuck by New World switch

School districts in Whitman County are now struggling to prepare their budgets for next year because the county’s transition to New World software has delayed school financial statements by three months.

From Colton to Tekoa, school business managers have been unable to view their district’s end-of-month financial statements since the software was installed in early April.

This has also delayed reporting the monthly figures to school boards and state education officials.

“It’s very difficult now at this time when we are trying to prepare our budget for next year and we don’t know what our endi...