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Sarasota Schools lays out 3DE, magnet and K–8 plans while confronting enrollment‑driven budget and staffing shifts
Summary
At an April 7 workshop district leaders described launches of Junior Achievement 3DE (funded initially with $840,000 from the Barancik Foundation, seeking $2.1M), the Gulf Coast Academy magnet and K–8 conversions, and outlined staffing realignment driven by enrollment declines that produced 136 unassigned staff under the district’s surplus/displacement process.
District leaders used the April 7 workshop to present a package of "future focused" initiatives alongside a frank update on enrollment‑driven budget pressures and staffing realignment.
Superintendent Mark Connor and Rachel Odey described phase one of a Junior Achievement (JA) 3DE partnership planned for the 2026‑27 school year. The Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation has pledged $840,000 toward launch activities at Riverview and Wellen Park high schools; district staff said they are seeking $2.1 million more to cover the four‑year design and implementation phase, after which recurring costs would fall to roughly $165,000 per school. District staff compared 3DE’s projected staffing footprint (two…
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