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Hopkins superintendent says district faces about $7 million shortfall; board OKs resolution to begin reduction analysis
Summary
Hopkins Public Schools leaders told the board they are projecting a roughly $7 million budget gap for 2025–26 and placed an initial resolution on the consent calendar directing administrators to analyze potential reductions and return preliminary proposals in April.
Hopkins Public Schools Superintendent Doctor Mary Pirie Reid told the school board on Feb. 25 that the district is working to close an estimated shortfall of about $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2025–26.
The board placed a resolution on the consent calendar that directs the administration to continue analyzing program and staffing options and to present preliminary budget components and staffing implications in April. Assistant Superintendent Doctor Lightfoot described the resolution as part of the standard budget-timeline sequence: “This resolution is the first resolution on the consent agenda that really directs the administration to continue the work of looking at any program reductions, analyzing the enrollment that we're starting to see…” Doctor Lightfoot said, adding that staffing resolutions would follow…
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