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Kenosha Unified outlines cuts, staffing moves and program holds after failed referendum
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Weiss and district staff presented a budget update showing $3.5 million in new revenue, enrollment declines and a slate of short- and long-term hold items after voters rejected a referendum; the district proposes halving major maintenance funding and recommends a wage freeze among other measures.
Kenosha Unified School District officials presented a revised budget plan on March 25, saying the failure of a recent referendum will require program and staffing changes and the deferral of several capital projects.
Superintendent Dr. Weiss told the board the district now projects about $3.5 million in additional revenue next year, in part because state aid changes and updated enrollment estimates. At the same time, the district is forecasting a decline of roughly 550 students, which shifts some aid timing and will reduce enrollment-related funding in later years.
The budget review grouped items into three categories: long-term holds, short-term holds and reductions. Long-term hold items include planned controlled-entrance upgrades, security-hardware updates and “high school prep time,” which the district said it will not fund in the near term. Short-term hold items include restoring the technology refresh and major maintenance budgets; the district proposed reducing major…
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