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Mill Valley board adopts qualified first interim as district faces roughly $7.3 million shortfall; TK supporters urge alternatives to cuts
Summary
The Mill Valley School District board approved a qualified first interim budget showing an estimated $7.3 million shortfall two years out, prompting trustees to pursue a budget reduction plan, a retirement incentive and community outreach; parents and teachers urged the board to preserve Transitional Kindergarten (TK).
The Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees voted to approve a qualified first interim budget after administrators reported that two-year projections fall short of the state-mandated 3% reserve, leaving the district with roughly a $7.3 million gap.
Assistant Superintendent for Business Paula Grenier told the board the figures reflect updated revenues and expenditures through Oct. 31 and new position-control accounting. "It is unfortunate that I am presenting to the board tonight a qualified certification. So we meet our current and 1 year, but our 2nd year out, we are not meeting our reserve levels of 3%," she said, outlining revenue losses from expired one-time COVID funding, a terminated lease and rising legal and special-education costs.
The qualified certification requires the county office to ask for a substantive budget-reduction plan and…
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