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East Troy Community School District outlines $4 million in proposed cuts after failed referendum
Summary
After voters rejected an operational referendum, district leaders presented a package of proposed reductions to close a projected $4 million structural deficit, including freezes to salaries, elimination of some positions and cuts to curriculum and summer programs; the board accepted a teacher resignation and moved into executive session to consider details.
At a meeting of the East Troy Community School District Board of Education, district administrators on the record said the failed operational referendum has left the district facing a projected structural deficit of about $4 million for 2026–27.
The superintendent told the board the shortfall “is not a future concern, it is our current reality,” and outlined line-by-line proposals that together aim to narrow the gap. Administrators said the district could save money by imposing a 0% salary freeze for all staff next year and a separate freeze for administrative salaries; cutting a proposed $400,000 targeted pay-equity pool; and trimming non-salary budgets such as athletics, technology and building supplies.
Why it matters: The proposed reductions, administrators said, would affect classroom programs and student supports. Lindsey Harris, principal at Little Prairie, described a plan to absorb two retiring elementary teachers through attrition—reducing some grades from four sections to three—and warned those changes would…
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