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Newberg SD 29J outlines $4.5 million cuts and a $1.20 levy option as enrollment drops
Summary
Superintendent Dave Parker told the Newberg SD 29J board that an enrollment gap and rising costs require roughly $4.5 million in cuts unless voters approve a local-option levy (the administration’s working rate: $1.20 per $1,000 assessed value); proposed cuts include staffing reductions, program cuts and restoring school days.
Superintendent Dave Parker told the Newberg SD 29J board that the district faces a structural enrollment gap and a projected $4.5 million budget shortfall that will require significant cuts unless residents approve a local-option levy.
Parker said the district’s graduating classes now average about 330 students while incoming kindergartens are nearer 250–280, a trajectory that will push declines through middle and high school and force staff and program reductions. “Without additional revenue, we’re going to have to make a cut of $4,500,000,” Parker said, citing a draft plan that would split roughly $2.7 million in K–12 staffing reductions and about $1.8 million in program cuts.
Why it matters: The district’s proposal aims to preserve neighborhood schools and…
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