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Randolph County school leaders lay out options to close $2M‑plus budget gap, including staff reductions
Summary
Superintendent (Speaker 1) presented an early package of options to address a projected $2M–$2.5M shortfall for 2026–27, including cuts or sharing of lead teachers, student advocates and assistant‑principal months, and flagged an enrollment-based loss of 337 students that will reduce allotments next year.
Speaker 1 opened the session by telling the board staff had prepared a list of “options and ideas” to respond to a funding shortfall heading into the 2026–27 school year and said the district has already implemented earlier reductions. “As of today … we’ve already reduced our budget by $4,015,000,” Speaker 1 said, framing the list as possible next steps rather than final recommendations.
The presentation identified several discrete personnel and program line items that together could materially reduce spending. The largest single possibilities discussed were 17 reading‑specialist positions (Speaker 1 estimated roughly $1.3 million in salary/benefits if…
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