HOUGHTON — While many groups gave a sigh of relief with the announcement Thursday of agreements between the three branches of state government regarding Michigan’s budget, some state entities were still left unaware how much they would be funded following an official passage of the budget. While an announcement of an agreement was made, some details of the budget are still unclear. One of these areas of lingering uncertainties is education, with schools still wondering how much of the budget will provide for school programs, including students’ meals.

The uncertainty of students’ accessibility to breakfast and lunch was a large subject of discussion at the last Houghton-Portage Township Schools (HPTS) Board meeting on Sept. 15, where HPTS Superintendent Anders Hill and the board went over

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