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Leavenworth district lays out options to close or repurpose schools as officials seek roughly $3.3 million in savings
Summary
Superintendent Kellen Adams told the Jan. 12 board the district faces an enrollment-driven budget gap of about $3.3 million and presented options including closing an elementary, repatriating fifth graders, or consolidating central services; a formal recommendation is scheduled for the Feb. 9 meeting.
Leavenworth Unified School District Superintendent Kellen Adams told the board on Jan. 12 that the district faces a budget shortfall of “about $3,300,000” and outlined a set of options to close the gap that include consolidating elementary attendance centers, repurposing the intermediate center and moving central offices.
Adams, addressing the board during the superintendent report, said state funding is enrollment based and that USD 453 has lost several hundred students over five years — a decline he said has reduced the district's statutory spending cap and created limited fiscal flexibility. He said earlier cost-saving moves already removed administrative positions and teaching staff but that the district still needs further structural options to balance the budget.
Why it matters: Board members said any change to attendance centers would affect families, transportation and class sizes. Several trustees pressed for building-level cost data,…
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