Alva Review-Courier -

Superintendent Steve Parkhurst told the Alva School Board Monday night that because the Alva district is "off the state formula," the general fund will have to supply $820,000 to fund the pay increases voted by the State Legislature two weeks ago.

Alva, like most northwest Oklahoma school districts, receives more funds from county tax collections than the average school district in the state because the local assessor has lots of expensive oilfield equipment to assess. Two-thirds the districts in the state do not have such a bonus. Other Woods County school districts such as Freedom and Waynok...