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Everett Public Schools presents FY2025‑26 operating budget first reading; board schedules August adoption hearing
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Robert Saltzman presented a first reading of Everett Public Schools’ fiscal year 2025‑26 operating budget on July 1, citing modest enrollment growth, new levy capacity and a projected slight drawdown of fund balance; board set public hearing and second reading for August.
Superintendent Dr. Robert Saltzman presented the Everett Public Schools operating budget for fiscal year 2025‑26 at the board’s July 1 meeting and the board approved moving the item to a second reading and public hearing in August by general consent.
Saltzman told the board the district serves "more than 20,000 students every day" and reviewed the budget development timeline, enrollment assumptions, key focuses for next year and a four‑year forecast. He said the district used a medium enrollment projection from an outside consultant and that enrollment changes drive staffing and funding. The presentation noted a budget‑to‑budget headcount increase of 166 students, with a projected next‑year increase of about 91 students compared with this year’s budget.
Why this matters: The budget presentation projected a small spend‑down of the general fund in 2025‑26 but forecast stabilization in later years because the district will be able to collect…
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