Superintendent: November referendum would replace $24.9 million that sunsets; failure would force deep cuts
Superintendent Minogue told the council the district is asking voters to renew — not add to — an operational referendum worth about $24.9 million that will sunset, representing roughly 21% of the operating budget; staff said they committed to $5 million in cuts regardless and warned failure would mean layoffs, wage freezes and program eliminations.
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Superintendent Minogue told the committee the district’s 2022 operational referendum will sunset at the end of the school year, removing roughly $24,900,000 from the district’s budget — about 21% of operating funds. She said the board placed a renewal question on the November ballot that initially replaces the current amount and then steps up in years two through four to account for inflation.
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