By Kristen Fountain
Five turned out to be the magic number for students and educators in Walden.
After more than nine months of wrangling, voters in the small Caledonia County town finally passed a school budget after a fifth ballot vote on Tuesday, 176-131. The district was the first statewide in 20 years to operate this long without an approved budget.
“This is all I wanted for Christmas,” school board member Ray Lewis said. “I am very happy.”
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