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Board hears budget figures and pushes for an itemized, transparent budget
Summary
Board members reviewed line items including teacher salaries (~$81.4M of ~$123M total salaries) and asked the administration and CFO for phased public briefings and a fully itemized budget narrative; finance committee reported upcoming forums and preliminary bus-electrification discussions.
At the Nov. 24 meeting the board discussed detailed budget figures and next steps for public transparency as the district prepares fiscal-year materials.
Board member Doctor Benitez read salary figures from the general-fund report and asked for clearer public briefings. A board member summarized totals: "I read here that...we spent about 123,000,000 in total salaries. Out of that, 81,000,000 are for teachers, 18,000,000 are for…
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