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Board weighs property sales, program changes and utility/technology cuts to narrow budget gap
Summary
Facing a budget gap, Brainerd Public School District administrators presented a package of options including exploring sale of district properties, modifying activities and athletics, reducing device access for K', and lowering building temperatures to cut utilities; most items will return as formal agenda items.
District administrators reviewed a set of budget options they say could help close next years deficit and asked the board for direction on which items to carry forward to the regular meeting.
Administration reported preliminary outreach about selling the school farm and the districts "Red House." An administrator said the farm was purchased previously for about $160,000 and that preliminary estimates suggest a substantially higher…
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