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Mounds View outlines foundational assumptions for 2026'27 budget; WPU projected at 12,289
Summary
Director of finance Paula Steele presented the district's FY 2026'27 budget assumptions, including a 12,289 WPU projection, a planned 2% increase to the state basic formula, retention of 9 FTEs for targeted interventions, and a plan to approve assumptions Jan. 27 before site budgeting.
Paula Steele, the district's director of finance, told the school board Jan. 13 that foundational assumptions for the fiscal year 2026'27 budget project district-wide weighted pupil units (WPUs) at 12,289 based on the Oct. 1, 2025 count.
Steele said the district is planning a 2% increase in the state basic formula and an inflation-adjusted operating referendum. The assumptions also include retaining nine full-time-equivalent positions for targeted interventions and contingency staffing, maintaining the district's two-mile transportation policy, continuing per-pupil supply allocations and a small discretionary fund for emergent priorities.
"For fiscal year 2627, the district wide weighted pupil units are projected at 12,289," Steele said. She noted principals will begin site-based budgeting once the board approves the assumptions; staff expect a final budget for adoption in June.
Board members thanked Steele and her team and discussed enrollment trends: large high-school cohorts will graduate, likely reducing future kindergarten class sizes, and the district is monitoring counts weekly to stay on pace with budgets.
Next steps: the board will review and is scheduled to act on these budget assumptions at its Jan. 27 meeting; site-based staffing plans will follow.
