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Brandywine board accepts final 2025–26 budget amid enrollment decline, tuition-tax pressures
Summary
The board voted to accept the 2025–26 final budget after a presentation showing an unexpected enrollment decline of 279 students, projected tuition-tax overspending of $1.5 million, and a projected 06/30/2026 local fund balance of about $8.9 million; trustees discussed appeals from a county reassessment and capital needs.
The Brandywine School District Board of Education voted to accept the 2025–26 final budget after hearing a detailed presentation from Mr. McCoy that outlined shortfalls, enrollment shifts and ongoing budget pressures.
Mr. McCoy said the district experienced an unexpected enrollment decline of 279 students, equating to a reduction of about 11.48 teacher units and resulting in lower state funding tied to unit counts. He also reported assessment growth tied to a county reassessment that added about $123 million to the district tax base for the remaining six months (approximately $246 million on a full-year basis), and noted 153 of 667 assessment appeals…
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