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Eagle Point SD 9 board hears $2.1 million shortfall; trustees map out cuts and offsets
Summary
District finance staff told the board the loss of ESSER funds, an iPad refresh cycle and a change in unemployment rules create an estimated $2.1 million gap; trustees were presented options including shifting grant charges, relying on attrition and deferring capital refreshes.
EAGLE POINT, Ore. — The Eagle Point SD 9 board on March 20 was briefed on a preliminary budget shortfall of about $2.1 million and heard staff proposals to close the gap through grant recharges, attrition and limited staff reductions.
Mister Hogan, the district’s finance presenter, told trustees the district projects to be “somewhere around $2,100,000 behind where we were last year” because ESSER pandemic funds are ending, ongoing costs are rising and enrollment remains weak. “ESSER paid us $14,000,000 over the past 3 years,” Hogan said. “We’re about 2.1 short,” he added as he walked the board through line items.
Hogan and Superintendent Kovacs outlined the principal drivers of the shortfall:…
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