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Instructional budget up mainly for salaries; kindergarten enrollment below projections
Summary
Instructional staff reported a roughly $2.4 million increase driven mostly by salary obligations and contractual commitments; kindergarten registrations are running 40–60 students below earlier estimates and the district plans a reduction of one second-grade section at Slingerlands.
An instructional programs staff member presented the Board with departmental spending details for 2025–26 and said total instructional expenditures are up about $2.4 million, with most of the change in contractually obligated salaries.
The presenter told the Board the district is front‑purchasing curriculum materials to support a fuller rollout of the Bookworms Science of Reading program so teachers and students have materials before…
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