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District closes 2024‑25 with $2.2 million operating deficit; cafeteria fund requires major transfer

Los Gatos‑Saratoga Union High School District Board of Trustees · September 18, 2025
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Summary

The district’s unaudited 2024‑25 financials show an operating deficit of about $2.2 million, a $826,000 transfer largely to cover an unexpected cafeteria fund shortfall, and staff cited a combination of long‑standing bad debt, an unanticipated vendor commission clause and overestimated cafeteria revenue.

The Los Gatos‑Saratoga Union High School District board on Sept. 18 received and approved the district’s unaudited actuals for the 2024‑25 fiscal year, which show the district closed the year with an operating deficit of about $2.2 million.

Patrick (district finance presenter) told trustees the district largely ended the year as projected on revenues and expenditures, but transfers to other funds rose 26%, an increase of about $826,000, driven principally by an unanticipated need to cover a large operating deficit in the cafeteria fund (Fund 13). “We ended the year with an operating deficit of about $2,200,000,” Patrick said.

Staff detailed three main causes for the…

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