Wyoming Olympians, school funding recalibration, and more...

About this episode

The episode discusses school funding issues in Wyoming, including teacher pay and class sizes, and features a new Olympic sport introduced by a local athlete.

Today on the show, our reporters tuned into forums around the state with lawmakers. People are gearing up in a big way for the upcoming budget session. Lawmakers are deciding how to fund public education. The current proposal would boost teacher pay and class sizes, but also cut hundreds of teachers. And we learn about a new Olympic sport – ski mountaineering – from a Wyomingite making her debut. Those stories and more.

Topics covered

• education funding
• Olympics
• budget session
• teacher pay
• ski mountaineering

Keywords

• public education
• budget session
• teacher cuts
• ski mountaineering
• Wyoming Olympians

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Wyoming

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