It seems everyone gives a different story on state funding for school districts. This cartoon originally ran with the editorial "State funding is mixed bag for Pa. schools," which ran in the Feb. 17 print edition of The Mercury.

While the state budget impasse caused a great many problems for state workers and state programs, as well as those who depended upon them, one good thing came out of the negotiations: more funding for disadvantaged school districts, including Pottstown and Daniel Boone.