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River Valley principal warns restricted state funds complicate school's budget despite enrollment gains
Summary
Brooke Bacon told the Lakeside Union Elementary board that River Valley saw small enrollment gains and strong AP/PSAT results but is experiencing general-fund pressure because the state's one-time and restricted funds cannot be freely spent. She outlined staffing turnover, student achievements and planned uses of behavioral health funds.
Brooke Bacon, representing River Valley charter school, told the Lakeside Union Elementary Board of Trustees that the school ended the year with modest enrollment gains but continues to feel budget pressure because much of the state aid it receives is restricted. “The state keeps throwing us money, and they keep throwing us money in restricted funds that we can't use, which is causing us to then have an overrun with our general fund and creating a little bit of a headache for us,” Bacon said.
River Valley started the school year with 230 students and finished with 229, Bacon said, up from a pandemic low of 218. She said…
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