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Leavenworth USD 453 projects $2 million shortfall; trustees direct staff to study elementary closure and grade reconfiguration
Summary
Superintendent Kellen Adams told trustees Dec. 8 the district faces an estimated $2 million gap tied to falling enrollment. He presented four options — including closing an elementary, repatriating grades and an alternative school — and the board directed staff to focus on options 1 and 2 for further study.
Leavenworth USD 453 Superintendent Kellen Adams told the board at its Dec. 8 meeting that the district faces a sizable budget shortfall driven by falling enrollment and the way state school finance adjusts with inflation. "We used to be a system of over 4,000 students," Adams said; he presented an unaudited enrollment figure "just barely over 3,000" and said the district’s working gap is "let’s call it a nice even $2,000,000."
Adams said projected revenue tied to the school finance formula was about $700,000 so far and described roughly $607,000 in payroll tied to positions the district has temporarily frozen. He told trustees the administration had used internal and external surveys to develop a set of response options and previewed four approaches to reduce costs or retain students. "Option 1 is going to be we will…
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