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Ferguson-Florissant superintendent outlines $8 million collection gap, launches finance workshops
Summary
New superintendent Dr. Howard Fields presented an overview of district finances, citing a roughly $8 million shortfall from taxes levied versus taxes collected in 2023-24 and inviting the public to finance workshops and a new finance-and-budget committee.
Dr. Howard Fields, the newly installed superintendent of the Ferguson-Florissant School District, told the Ferguson City Council that a large gap between taxes levied and taxes actually collected has contributed to the district's current budget shortfall. Fields said the district budgeted local revenues on the order of $65 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year but collected about $54 million, a difference he described as "a little over $8,000,000." He briefed the…
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