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District presents 2025–26 operating budget with proposed 8.5 FTE reductions tied to enrollment and attrition
Summary
Business manager and superintendent staff outlined the district’s sustained and strategic budget requests totaling about a 3.86% increase and described targeted staffing reductions driven by enrollment declines, retirements and contractual changes that together total about 8.5 full-time equivalents (FTE).
Wallingford School District staff presented a proposed 2025–26 operating budget that combines a sustained-services request and strategic requests into a full request the presenters said is about a 3.86 percent increase over the current year. Business presenter Mr. Barone walked the Special Operations Committee through the workshop workbook sections covering district staffing, the sustained budget, strategic items and the waterfall plan.
Barone summarized the sustained-services request (section 3A) at roughly $4,369,600, about a 3.726 percent increase, and strategic requests (section 3B) totaling $157,900 (about 0.134 percent). Combined (3C) the staff’s initial full request came to about…
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