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Waterford board adopts 2025–26 budget and millage; trustees, staff and union warn of layoffs and structural shortfall
Summary
The Waterford School District Board approved revised 2024–25 appropriations and adopted the original 2025–26 budget and millage rates, while trustees and district staff discussed a shrinking fund balance, use of one-time funds, and public comments from a laid-off employee and union representatives urging better bargaining and transparency.
The Waterford School District Board of Education approved revised fiscal-year 2024–25 appropriations and adopted the district's original 2025–26 budget and millage rates during its June meeting, voting unanimously on both measures.
Board members and district staff emphasized that the district is operating with a shrinking fund balance and that one-time COVID-era federal funds had masked underlying structural deficits. Assistant Superintendent Lisa Hildebrandt presented the financials and trustees discussed plans for multi-year forecasting and tighter budget monitoring.
Why it matters: The board approved appropriations and a 17.6749-mill nonhomestead tax rate for the coming year, steps that set tax levies and spending authority while trustees described the need to replace one-time funding with recurring revenue or cuts. Public commenters and union representatives said staff reductions and contract stances are compounding the district's operational strain.
The board voted to adopt a revised…
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