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Finance committee approves $39,000 transfer to shore up school lunch fund; CFO outlines FY26 status and FY27 reconciliation plan
Summary
The Norwalk School District finance committee approved a $39,000 transfer from an operations nursing account into the food-service fund to reduce a projected deficit and heard CFO Linda Osmani present FY26 financials and options to reconcile FY27 after the mayor's reduced budget recommendation.
The Norwalk School District Board of Education Finance Committee on April 15 approved a transfer of $39,000 from an operations summer nursing account into the district's food-service fund to help cover a projected deficit, and received a detailed FY26 budget update from CFO Linda Osmani.
The transfer was presented by a district staff member identified in the record as Miss Karman, who described the $39,000 as coming from a surplus in a grant-funded nursing account and said it would be used to offset the food-service (910) deficit. "The shortest transfer list in history," the presenter added. The chair asked for a motion; Garrett Oliver moved to approve the transfer, Diana Karpio seconded, and the motion passed.
Why it matters: the food-service fund relies on a mix of federal USDA school-meal reimbursements and transfers from the general fund; Osmani said the district has made…
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