(Final) Forest Hills board hears 2024–25 budget pitch, adopts appropriations and approves contracts and hires

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Assistant Superintendent Julie Davis presented the district’s proposed 2024–25 budget at the Forest Hills Board of Education’s July 20 special meeting and answered detailed questions from trustees about grant expirations, staffing and fund‑balance projections. The board then considered and approved a set of budget amendments, facilities contracts and personnel actions.

Davis summarized revenue and expense assumptions and the timing risk from the state process. "We are going with the governor's $2 per pupil increase to the foundation allowance," Davis said, a change she estimated at about $2.1 million for the district. She also reported a projected enrollment decline of…