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Board reviews budget outlook and asks for decision on elementary 'faces' cluster staffing
Summary
Administration presented a budget outlook showing an estimated $6 million in new general fund aid and several anticipated new expenses; board asked for a decision on a proposed cluster model for 'faces' positions (estimated at about $700,000) and scheduled follow-ups for department and school budgets.
District finance staff and the superintendent briefed the board Thursday on a fiscal outlook for 2025–26 and asked the board for direction on several staffing and one‑time initiatives ahead of formal budget adoption.
Finance presenter Brad Isnard told the board the district has not yet received a preliminary valuation from the county appraiser and is working from estimates, including a Wichita State University real estate study used for current projections. On the revenue side, he said the district is operating on an estimate of roughly $6 million in additional general fund funding for 2025–26, assuming a flat student count and the current base state aid per pupil.
Isnard and Superintendent Dr. Stubblefield reviewed items the administration considers likely to require funding next year. Those included recurring costs such as health insurance and workers’ compensation, a contingency for cybersecurity, district match requirements for potential grants (described as a SPARK grant match), and a one‑time digitization project for student records that…
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