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Board reviews 2025 budget updates, enrollment recalculation and 2026 support-services estimates
Summary
Directors received briefings on the 2025 revised budget book, a recalculation of the 2025 base-year enrollment and a 2026 district support services cost estimate; no formal budget actions were taken and staff told the board the district’s enrollment projection will remain unchanged.
Board members received a set of informational briefings on the 2025 revised budget book, an enrollment projection recalculation based on current-year snapshots, and an estimate of district support services costs for fiscal 2026.
Budget update briefing: Director Sarah Slavi said a revised 2025 budget book had been posted and that changes from the previously approved budget were marked in red. She described the larger document as a compilation of materials the board had already seen in prior meetings and asked trustees to submit questions in advance of the next board meeting; the board voted earlier to change the 2025 budget update on the agenda from action to briefing.
Enrollment projection: Staff reviewed a recalculation of base-year enrollment using recent snapshots and cohort survival factors. The presentation showed a change of 0.94 average-daily-membership (ADM) compared with earlier projections, which staff estimated would reduce revenue by about $6,800. Based on the small effect, staff recommended keeping the board’s 2026 enrollment assumption unchanged.
District support services cost estimate: Staff presented a discussion-only worksheet that rolled forward full-time-equivalent staff counts, applied a 2% salary-schedule increase in assumptions, included step increases and a 2.5% transportation cost increase; non-staff budgets were a straight rollover. The worksheet allocated estimated costs to buildings on a per-student basis without weighting by school level. Staff emphasized the figures were estimates of a no-change scenario for planning and prioritization.
Next steps: The revised budget packet will be posted and the board expects to carry the discussion forward; staff and the superintendent said they are available for follow-up questions and one-on-one briefings for new board members.
Ending: Trustees were encouraged to read the revised budget book and submit questions before the March 6 board meeting when more items will return for action.
