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Waconia board outlines 2025-26 budget adjustments including technology, special education and deans of students

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Superintendent presented proposed budget adjustments for 2025-26 that would add instructional-technology spending and several restricted-funded positions for special education, literacy and student behavior; board indicated broad consensus to include the items in next budget steps.

Superintendent Herzlich presented high-level proposed budget adjustments for fiscal year 2025-26 at the Waconia Public School District meeting, asking the board for broad consensus to include several items in the draft budget.

The package included proposed one-time and ongoing items. Instructional-technology replacement (interactive whiteboards) would be funded from the districts learning and development restricted fund; the superintendent said the district expects some drawdown of that restricted balance for one-time purchases. For special education, the district proposed expanding staffing with an additional 0.6 board-certified behavior…

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