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Farmington board amends 2024–25 budget and adopts 2025–26 budget after cuts and pauses to planned projects
Summary
The Farmington School Board approved a $2 million amendment to the 2024–25 budget and adopted the 2025–26 budget after approving targeted reductions and pauses—including leaving a vacant districtwide coaching post unfilled and pausing strategic-planning purchases and a community survey.
The Farmington Public School District board approved a 2024–25 budget amendment adding roughly $2 million in expenditures and voted to adopt the 2025–26 budget after targeted reductions and pauses, board members said.
The board’s amendment to the current-year budget adds about $2 million in costs including roughly $700,000 for MacBooks and licensing, $500,000 for long-term facilities maintenance work at the high school, and about $800,000 tied to contract settlements, district staff said. Administration reported an operating deficit near $3.6 million before the board’s action and recommended using assigned fund balances to cover most of the shortfall.
The vote matters because the district must balance instructional priorities with declining enrollment and rising costs. Superintendent…
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