District outlines fall SAM workgroup, winter recommendations and spring adoption timeline
Sep 16, 2026
Staff laid out a timeline for budget work: convene a large SAM workgroup in fall, SAM recommendations to superintendent in December, board review in January, community engagement in February, budget 101 in March, proposal in May and adoption in June.
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Jessica Jones presented a schedule for the district's budget process, recommending a large SAM (staffing allocation methodology) workgroup convene in the fall, with the group's recommendations sent to the superintendent in December. "In January, we will be back here to share the outcomes and the recommendations for reductions with the school board," Jones said, and she outlined subsequent engagement and decision steps through the following June.
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