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Milton officials outline $5 million referendum, warn layoffs and larger classes if it fails
Summary
At a community meeting, Superintendent Donnan and district staff explained a proposed $5 million recurring referendum to close a budget gap, provided tax-impact examples (about $42 per $100,000 first year), and warned that failure could force teacher layoffs, larger class sizes and cuts to programs.
Superintendent Donnan told residents at a Milton School District information session that the district is asking voters this fall to approve a recurring referendum to address an estimated multi‑million dollar funding gap.
"When you have a deficit looming...you can either find additional revenue," Donnan said, "or you can make budget and spending reductions." She warned that a roughly $5,000,000 reduction would “require us to...let go some teachers,” increasing class sizes and reducing curricular and extracurricular offerings.
The district’s presentation traced the shortfall to state funding that, the presentation said, has not kept pace with inflation since 2009. The video shown at the session said the district’s per‑pupil funding is about $3,300 below what…
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