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Brookings‑Harbor SD outlines staff reductions as enrollment and state funding decline
Summary
District budget presenters said the 2025–26 budget includes cuts of 11 licensed positions and 4.75 classified positions and warned additional mid‑biennium reductions of about $1.7 million could be needed if state funding falls short; presenters emphasized these reductions will be achieved primarily by attrition and targeted reductions in force.
District budget presenters told the committee that declining student enrollment is the central driver of necessary staffing reductions in the 2025–26 budget.
“School districts in Oregon are funded based on student enrollment,” the presenter told the committee, and the proposed 2025–26 budget includes planned reductions of 11 licensed positions (teachers and administrators) and 4.75 classified/managerial positions, to be accomplished through a mix of attrition and reductions in force. The presenters said that these changes are intended to limit sudden program cuts while moving the district toward a long‑term target reserve of about 7.5%.
Presenters described the district’s use of one‑time revenues to blunt immediate impacts: a one‑time $750,000 federal forest‑fee payment and $1,000,000 of a $2.8 million carryover are included in the plan. The budget team stressed those funds are nonrecurring and that the district anticipates needing an additional $1.7 million in reductions in the latter half of the biennium if state revenues are less than forecast.
Committee members pressed on class sizes and how reductions would be distributed across the K–12 spectrum. The presenter said kindergarten class sizes remain within contract limits while some school sites absorb teacher retirements without replacement; middle school and high school staffing adjustments were described as dependent on resignations and temporary positions not being refilled.
What’s next: district staff said they will monitor state revenue forecasts, adjust the working budget as needed, and bring recommendations to the board if further reductions are required.
