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District presents preliminary 2025–26 budget gap and proposed reductions; staff pay CPI preserved
Summary
District administrators presented a preliminary shortfall for 2025–26 and proposed roughly $620,000 in expenditure reductions while keeping a 2.95% CPI increase for regular contracted staff; administrators also proposed budgeting a 10% health-insurance increase and several staff and program cuts.
District administrators presented a preliminary overview of the 2025–26 budget at the June 16 Saint Croix School District board meeting and described a multi-part plan to reduce expenditures.
The administration said the district had previously reported an approximate $6,600,000 shortfall for next year; administrators then described a package of proposed expenditure reductions that the presentation quantified as about $620,000 in implementable savings. Proposed reductions discussed…
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