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District warns staffing reductions likely as budget shortfall prompts reduced-program resolution
Summary
Vancouver School District staff told the board the district faces significant budget challenges for 2026–27 and will initiate a "reduced program" resolution to set the process in motion; staff said they will engage advisory committees and community surveys before bringing a detailed resolution to the March 10 meeting.
Interim Brett Schmidt told the board the district is confronting significant budget challenges as it plans for the 2026–27 school year and said it is now "inevitable" that staffing and programmatic reductions will be required.
Schmidt said the immediate step is to file a reduced-program resolution that sets a formal process in motion; the initial resolution will…
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