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Arlington School District projects enrollment decline and $3.5M–$4.5M in possible budget reductions
Summary
District finance director told the board that enrollment projections and state assumptions mean the district faces roughly $900,000 less revenue this year and an estimated $2.7 million next year, prompting a plan to reduce expenditures by about $3.5M–$4.5M if attrition alone does not close the gap.
Gina Zukenhorst, the district’s executive director of financial services, said the Arlington School District’s enrollment and state funding assumptions point to a multiyear budgeting squeeze.
Zukenhorst told the board the district’s current-year projected average enrollment is about 5,430 full-time-equivalent students, down from the prior budget’s 5,543, and that the 2026–27 projection is 5,338. “That is actually a 113 less student FTE than our, initial budget plan,” she said, and projected revenue shortfalls include roughly $900,000 less this year and about $2.7 million less next year.
Why it matters: enrollment drives state apportionment funding, and lower…
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