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Norwin SD board hears preliminary 2026–27 budget showing $5.2 million increase; healthcare and energy cited as drivers
Summary
Business Manager Mr. Kirsch told the Norwin School District board that preliminary expenditures for 2026–27 point to a roughly $5.2 million increase driven by salary/benefits, higher debt service from 2025 bonds, rising healthcare costs and electricity prices; the district will present a proposed final budget on May 4 and aims to adopt the final budget on June 8.
At a board meeting, Business Manager Mr. Kirsch presented a first pass at the Norwin School District’s expenditures for fiscal 2026–27 and said preliminary figures show the district’s budget rising by about $5.2 million.
"Salary, wages and benefits" are a major line item, Mr. Kirsch said, and total "approximately 70,200,000," representing about 69–70% of the district’s budget. He pointed to debt-service increases tied to a 2025 bond series and said the district expects debt-service to rise next year.
Mr. Kirsch also highlighted pressures from employee health-care costs and national trends in medical and prescription spending: "the biomedical trend is 9.8, and…
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