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District finance staff project out‑year shortfalls; board asked to set budget parameters
Summary
Finance staff presented a three‑year general fund forecast showing potential deficits in later years driven by enrollment decline, inflation and rising benefit costs. Staff recommended that the board adopt budget development parameters, preserve referendum commitments and direct a long‑term financial stability strategy.
Rochester Public School District finance staff told the school board on Jan. 14 that the district’s three‑year general fund forecast shows growing pressure in out years driven by enrollment changes, employee benefit cost increases and routine inflation in contracts and services.
Superintendent Kent Pickell prefaced the finance presentation by reminding the board of the district’s referendum commitments. “The commitment that we made in the referendum is we are not closing schools, we are not raising class size, and we are not making major cuts to district systems and programs, at least for the first years of the referendum 10‑year period,” Pickell said.
Andy Crockstead, director of finance, walked the board through the forecast and emphasized that a forecast is an estimate, not a proposed budget: “It is very important to understand it is not the budget. We’re using this year’s budget as a baseline to look at the future years, but the future…
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