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Carson City trustees hear final workshop on general fund as staff flags a multi‑million dollar budget gap
Summary
District staff walked trustees through the summer school, gifts/donations and general funds and warned the board that the district faces a structural deficit roughly in the low‑millions unless transfers and spending are adjusted.
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees held a workshop March 25 to review the final funds in the FY26 package and discuss options for closing a projected structural gap as the district prepares a formal budget packet for board approval.
Spencer Woodward, the district finance lead, told trustees the summer school fund is budgeted at $205,000, with about $131,000 earmarked for extra‑duty salary and roughly $73,800 for supplies; an opening balance of about $180,000 plus a $25,000 transfer from the general fund will cover planned costs this summer. Woodward said the summer program is intended primarily for credit recovery and additional instruction for middle and secondary students and noted that prior one‑time federal pandemic (ESR) funds that covered summer costs are no longer available.
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