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Sumner County superintendent previews 2025-26 budget with pay raises, new behavioral supports and Aviation Academy plan
Summary
Sumner County Schools’ director of schools framed the 2025-26 draft budget around expanded student supports, a push to $50,500 starting teacher pay, investments in career/CTE programming including an Aviation Academy, and new behavioral staff; the board asked for clarifying vacancy and cost figures.
Sumner County Schools’ director of schools delivered an extensive presentation on the draft 2025-26 general purpose budget on May 13, telling the board the plan centers on staffing, safety and career-technical expansion while leaving formal votes for later. The draft shows roughly $356.7 million in total revenue, including about $216 million from TSA and other revenue and $140 million from the county, with staff reporting a net county increase of about $6 million and an unexpected local-contribution reduction of nearly $1 million that they said they will investigate.
The superintendent said the budget is intended to move the district from “average”-oriented designs toward more flexible, student-centered systems — an approach he likened to the Air Force’s midcentury cockpit redesign. “If it doesn’t make it into this book, then we don’t really believe it,” he said, arguing the budget should fund programs the district intends to sustain.
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