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Norwalk schools face nearly $800,000 food-service funding gap as FY27 budget work begins
Summary
Budget staff told the board the district will start FY27 from an amended baseline of about $247.2 million, and that lost food-service grants plus reduced meal counts create an approximate $800,000 funding shortfall the district must address.
At the Nov. 12 Board of Education workshop the district’s budget team laid out the FY27 planning process, key budget drivers and an emerging shortfall in the school lunch fund.
Budget staff reported the district’s October/June baseline enrollment at just over 11,600 students and about 2,000 employees. They said the working starting point for FY27 will be an amended baseline of roughly $247.2 million — an initial FY26 budget of about $242.6 million plus a roughly $4.5 million appropriation last year that restored 52 positions.
Presenters warned of three recent grant losses that reduce revenue for food…
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