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Sachem trustees hear budget showing $13.4 million gap; adoption set for April 21
Summary
District budget presenter Michelle Sarakis told the Saginaw Board of Education the proposed $387.9 million 2026–27 budget leaves a $13.4 million gap; trustees discussed capital spending, fund balance targets and state electric‑bus mandates ahead of an April 21 adoption and May 19 public vote.
District budget presenter Michelle Sarakis told the Saginaw Board of Education on March 31 that the proposed 2026–27 spending plan totals $387,900,000 against roughly $374,000,000 in expected revenues, leaving a $13,400,000 gap that the board will address before a planned adoption vote on April 21.
Sarakis said the district typically budgets a $9,000,000 transfer to capital each year for projects such as boiler and roof replacements, CT/IT renovations and restroom work at Samaset. She told trustees the district now plans to move previously planned parking‑lot work at Somerset to East High School to expand parking there.
"We usually budget that…
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