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Vancouver school board adopts $24M reduction plan, including staff cuts and program transitions
Summary
The Vancouver School Board unanimously approved Resolution 941, a reduced educational program plan that calls for staffing reductions across central office, building-based staff and district-shared positions and includes a recommendation to transition the Flex Academy; board members described the cuts as painful but necessary given revenue and enrollment pressures.
The Vancouver School Board unanimously approved Resolution 941 on a vote of 5-0, adopting a district plan that the interim superintendent said is intended to close a roughly $24 million gap in the 2026-27 budget.
Interim Superintendent Gleich Mitt summarized the district's fiscal position and the steps that led to the plan, saying the district had "exhausted all other resources before resigning ourselves to those very, very difficult reductions." The presentation cited flat federal Title funding, enrollment declines and downgraded bond ratings as drivers of the shortfall.
The resolution formalizes a set of reductions the administration presented in broad categories: a small number of…
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