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Bridgeport superintendent outlines budget shortfall and timeline; board presses for numbers ahead of Jan. 26 presentation
Summary
Interim Superintendent Dr. Avery and CFO Nesta Nkwo summarized a compressed budget process, historical use of ESSER and one-time funds, and looming FY27 shortfalls; board members pressed for concrete health-care and baseline figures to be provided in the portal before the Jan. 26 budget presentation.
Interim Superintendent Dr. Avery and Chief Financial Officer Nesta Nkwo presented the Bridgeport Public Schools' fiscal history and the FY26-27 operating and nutrition budgets during the board's Jan. 15 special meeting, explaining why the district faces persistent structural deficits and outlining next steps in a tightened timeline.
Avery described a revised, more collaborative budget-planning process developed with the state technical-assistance team. He said the district began the accelerated timeline later than typical (around November) but has held extensive internal meetings, community forums and school-based conversations to ground…
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