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Norfolk school board approves budget reductions, bus purchases and curriculum adoptions; schedules interim superintendent interviews
Summary
The Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education approved a slate of budget cuts for 2025–26, purchased two buses, adopted K–3 social studies materials and high-school science texts, advanced policy readings, and voted to interview two interim superintendent candidates.
The Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education voted April 14 to approve recommended budget cuts for the 2025–26 school year and to authorize purchases and curriculum adoptions intended to reduce a projected shortfall and refresh district resources.
The district presented an estimated $1,450,000 shortfall for 2024–25 and proposed a set of reductions and efficiencies. Eric Wilson, director of finance and facilities, summarized proposed cuts and offsets and told the board the package would produce roughly $876,000 in potential cuts; after approved additions of $172,000 the net projected savings were $704,000.
"As we started building the budget for the 24–25 school year, we knew that we were looking at a $1,450,000 budget shortfall," Wilson said. Proposed reductions included smaller legal-services spending after a lawsuit concluded, cuts to student-teacher stipend amounts with a recruitment contingency, suspension of an unfilled behavior specialist position, adjustments to the Presence Learning contract for school psychologists and other staffing realignments.
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