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Craven County Schools board confronts $3.8 million shortfall; staff cuts, school reorganization among options
Summary
At a special budget work session, Craven County Schools officials outlined a projected $3.8 million local shortfall for 2026–27 and presented scenarios — including position reductions, restructuring virtual academy code, and school consolidations — to reduce the district's local fund request to county commissioners.
Craven County Board of Education members met in a special-called budget work session to review draft local and capital budgets after Finance Officer Heidi Daley presented a projected local deficit of about $3.8 million for fiscal year 2026–27.
"Based on the revenue we have and the draft expenditures, we are budgeting to spend $30,257,299 against revenue of $26,446,000, leaving us a deficit of $3,800,000," Heidi Daley said, walking the board through revenue and expenditure assumptions including a 3 percent inflation estimate, a half-percent increase in retirement contributions and higher health-insurance costs.
The board discussed several…
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