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Superintendent: Bellevue’s year‑end finances better than feared; district highlights language, dyslexia and ASL programs
Summary
Superintendent Kelly Aramaki told the Bellevue School Board that 2024–25 closed with a roughly $700,000 deficit — far smaller than an earlier $6 million projection — highlighted program innovations that helped enrollment, and warned structural funding pressures could return deficits by 2028–29 without state action.
Superintendent Kelly Aramaki told the Bellevue School Board on Nov. 13 that the district closed its books for the 2024–25 school year in a stronger position than expected, highlighted expansion of language and support programs, and urged continued advocacy for changes to the state funding model.
"Our ending fund balance or reserves is coming out to about negative $700,000," Aramaki said, noting that the district had previously projected a roughly $6,000,000 shortfall. She credited careful budget work and…
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