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Appleton superintendent outlines how each dollar is spent, cites $13 million deficit
Summary
Greg Archus, superintendent for the Appleton Area School District, said the district faces a $13,000,000 deficit and walked through a per-dollar spending breakdown — 54¢ on instruction, 12¢ on student services, 7¢ on facilities and smaller shares for administration, food and transportation.
Greg Archus, superintendent for the Appleton Area School District, said in an explainer video that the district faces a $13,000,000 deficit and described how the district spends each dollar of its budget.
Archus said the district reports spending data to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and is audited annually. "So this is how we spend every dollar. It starts with 54¢," he said, stating that more than half of spending goes to instruction — teachers, paraprofessionals, curriculum support, classroom technology and co‑curricular activities.
The nut graf: Archus framed the breakdown as an attempt to answer community questions about where money goes and to show that cutting district administrators alone would not close…
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