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Superintendent outlines FY26 budget choices; central‑office reductions and labor contingency highlighted
Summary
Superintendent Miriam Rogers briefed the board on the FY26 budget outlook, detailing two years of central‑office supervisory reductions, $14 million in non‑labor reductions, and contingency plans that could affect labor if state or county funding falls short.
Superintendent Miriam Rogers provided a synopsis of the district’s FY26 budget approach and next steps, telling the board the district has taken multiple non‑labor and structural steps to close budget gaps and will continue to assess the local impact of state and county budget actions.
Rogers said the district has frozen hiring for two years, allowed contracts to expire to renegotiate terms, used fund balance with county approval, trimmed central‑office administrative positions, consolidated departments and squeezed supplies and non‑labor expenses. She said the district has reduced supplies and materials by $14 million over two years, cut conference travel by 79% and travel by 85%, and reduced cell phone stipends by 42%.
The superintendent said the district…
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