SUPERINTENDENT'S LETTERS RECOMMEND WHITTIER, LINCOLN TO CLOSE

Brainerd elementary students from Harrison, Lincoln, Nisswa and Whittier schools took notes home with them Wednesday afternoon. Notes from Superintendent Jerry Walseth printed in the Brainerd Dispatch said he will recommend to the school board finance committee at Thursday's meeting that they close Whittier and Lincoln schools. The district has to reduce its budget by more than $5-Million by the end of June next year. The meeting Thursday morning starts at 11:30a at the Washington Administration Building on Oak Street. The finance committee will recommend action to the full school board which may decide what to do next month.