A group of students play in the snow during lunch recess at Russell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon. Kalispell’s elementary and high school districts face a potential budget shortfall of $889,000 to $1.1 million in 2010-11. School district administrators and school board trustees will decide over the next few months how to handle the shortfall, whether by cutting programs or personnel, asking voters to approve an extra tax levy or both.

December 19, 2009