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Norwin board directs $4.6 million increase to proposed 2025–26 budget; candidate asks for debt-service breakdown
Summary
At a brief Norwin Board of Education meeting, the board president directed staff to add a $4.6 million increase to the proposed 2025–26 budget and moved multiple agenda items to the legislative meeting. School board candidate Ella Thompson asked the board for a breakdown of a spike in debt service; district staff agreed to follow up.
The Norwin Board of Education president said the district should include a $4.6 million increase in the proposed 2025–26 budget and added multiple finance, policy, personnel and facilities items to the board's upcoming legislative meeting agenda.
The directive came after a public commenter, Ella Thompson, identified herself as a candidate for the Norwin School Board and asked for details about a notable rise in debt service in the draft budget. "Would you please give a breakdown of how the debt service is being allocated?" Thompson asked. She also said she is "a proponent for all day kindergarten and other fundamental programs" that the…
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