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Gateway Unified previews 2025-26 budget, projects multi‑year shortfall amid declining enrollment
Summary
District staff presented the draft 2025–26 preliminary budget and multi‑year projections, warning of an accounting anomaly that creates an estimated $4 million shortfall next year and a longer‑term decline tied to 10 years of falling enrollment and ADA.
District staff presented the Gateway Unified School District draft 2025–26 preliminary budget at a public hearing and walked board members through multi‑year projections showing declining enrollment and a near‑term funding shortfall.
Kyle (staff member) led the presentation and said the district expects LCFF revenue to rise with a 2.3% cost‑of‑living adjustment but that other factors leave the district “actually looking at about a $4,000,000 deficit for next year.” He told the board the apparent shortfall largely reflects one‑time carryover and planned one‑time spending that the district intends to expend by June 2026 rather than an ongoing…
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