As the Hood River County School District faces dealing with reducing $2.2 million from its budget heading into the 2024-25 school year, the process to determine how to adjust staffing levels is underway.  Interim Superintendent Bill Newton says they are asking staff members if they are planning to return to the district next school year, and that will take until early April.  The district has seen a continued gradual decline in enrollment from a high of just above 4,000 students six years ago to about 3,750 now.  Newton says it does not appear that trend will change in the near future.