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Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board unveils FY27 budget that cuts class sizes and restores programs
Summary
Administrators presented a FY27 proposed budget that would add about 21 full-time-equivalent positions, reduce elementary class sizes and restore elementary instrumental music, funded largely by a stronger-than-expected fund balance and careful vacancy assumptions.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District presented its FY27 proposed budget on Feb. 2, recommending targeted restorations across classrooms after several years of reductions.
District Chief Operations Officer Andy DeGraw and Superintendent Doctor Minor told the school board that improved revenue assumptions, a closeout bump in federal Impact Aid and lower-than-expected health-plan claims created room to reinvest in students. The proposed budget adds about 21.21 FTE districtwide and calls for lowering elementary pupil-to-teacher ratio (PTR) from 26 to 23; middle-school PTR from 29 to 28; and high-school PTR from 32 to 30.
The budget also includes a planned restoration of elementary instrumental music (about 8 FTE), an increase in…
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