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Pasco superintendent details budget freeze measures as district seeks to close $4.8 million shortfall
Summary
Superintendent Michelle Whitney outlined an operational budget freeze, identified immediate reductions and system changes, and described voluntary furloughs and increased purchase-order controls to close a projected $4.8 million year‑end shortfall.
Superintendent Michelle Whitney told the Pasco School Board that the district is operationalizing a temporary budget freeze after projecting a potential $4.8 million year‑end deficit if no corrective steps are taken. Whitney described immediate actions already taken and additional near‑term steps to reduce expenditures and strengthen purchasing controls.
Whitney said district administrators reviewed budgets to determine revenue needs through Aug. 15, maximized allowable siloed funding (transportation, state and federal program dollars), cancelled nonessential contracts and reduced encumbrances, and are delaying filling certain vacant positions. She said preliminary steps have saved nearly $500,000 in canceled encumbrances and that additional savings will come from not filling vacated positions and maximizing program‑specific funding.
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