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Wenatchee School District previews 2025–26 budget; board discusses raising minimum fund balance to 6%
Summary
Executive Director of Business and Finance Sean Fitzgerald presented preliminary 2025–26 figures for the transportation vehicle, debt service and capital projects funds and recommended a gradual increase in the district's minimum unassigned fund balance from 5% to 6%; the board asked for the full general-fund budget before adopting any policy.
Sean Fitzgerald, the district's executive director of business and finance, presented the first of two budget briefings covering the transportation vehicle, debt service and capital projects funds as part of the preliminary 2025–26 budget.
Fitzgerald told the board the transportation vehicle fund will reflect recent bus order timing: "We ordered 5 school buses, and we received 4 of them this year. The final 1 has been delayed and we'll receive in September." Because state depreciation reimbursements arrive after buses are delivered, he said the district plans a temporary transfer from the general fund to pay early purchases in September and then return the funds when reimbursement arrives the following August.
On debt service, Fitzgerald said…
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