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Superintendent presents preliminary 2025–26 operating budget; projects $46,000 surplus against fixed costs after proposed efficiencies
Summary
Superintendent Locklear and budget staff presented a preliminary proposed budget for FY 2025–26 that assumes a county funding formula increase of 3%, projected fixed-cost increases, charter-school growth, and $570,000 in district efficiencies; staff recommended holding expansion items pending further board feedback.
Superintendent David Locklear and assistant superintendent for budget and finance, Teresa (Tina) Evans, presented the superintendent’s preliminary proposed operating budget for fiscal 2025–26 at the March 3 Moore County Schools work session.
The presentation laid out three headline narratives: the impact of fixed-cost increases (salary and benefit mandates and other inflationary costs), one potential expansion item the board asked staff to evaluate (unfreezing a curriculum specialist / science specialist position), and a lean-budget approach intended to moderate the local budget’s impact on fund balance through identified efficiencies.
Evans briefed the board on a conservative revenue projection that uses a 3% increase from the county funding formula, consistent with the county manager’s and commissioners’ early guidance. The district…
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