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Board approves 2025–26 operating budget amid trustee concerns about reserves and fund shifts
Summary
The Apple Valley Unified Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the 2025—26 operating budget after a lengthy discussion led by Trustee Renee Longshore, who flagged repeated fund shifting, lower-than-peer spending-per-pupil, and requested an FCMAT review; superintendent and cabinet described the adoption as a living document and noted projected out-year adjustments.
The Apple Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on June 12 to adopt the district's 2025—26 operating budget after a protracted discussion in which Trustee Renee Longshore presented spreadsheets and expressed serious reservations about the district's fiscal practices.
Longshore said her review of unaudited actuals and AB 1200 projections shows repeated shifting of funds and cited a lower-than-peer spending-per-pupil figure: "According to the National Center for Education…
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