It's budget time for many schools across central Illinois. 

Dr. Hillary Stanifer, Superintendent of Blue Ridge Schools explains they've been working with a finance coach. She says it's nice to have another set of eyes and ears on the budget. 

Dr. Stanifer notes that the money they receive is not a lump sum they can use for everything, but rather it goes into 9 groups, each group having money allocated for specific things. 

Overall, Dr. Stanifer says the budget is looking good after adding some new personnel. Although not everyone may like the wind farms, they do provide funding to Blue Ridge Schools. This is new money for their budget. 

Dr. Stanifer says they are almost in the black as far as their budget, and they are hopeful for next year's budget. Get more information on Blue Ridge Schools at blueridge18.org.