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Consultant: East Stroudsburg faces structural budget gap; fund balance could be exhausted in 1–2 years
Summary
School business consultant Jim Mirabelli told the East Stroudsburg Area School District board that audited 2024–25 results improved from a $17.4M budgeted deficit to $10.3M largely because of one‑time revenues, but recurring costs (notably a $19M salary/benefit increase) have created a structural gap that could deplete reserves within two years.
Jim Mirabelli of School Business Consultants told the East Stroudsburg Area School District board on April 20 that the district’s fiscal picture improved on paper for 2024–25 but remains structurally unsound.
Mirabelli said the district closed fiscal 2024–25 with a $10.3 million deficit — better than the $17.4 million the board had budgeted — largely because of one‑time revenues and timing factors, including ESSER spending and bus financing. He warned that those gains do not resolve an underlying imbalance between recurring revenues and growing recurring costs such as salaries, benefits and special‑education services.
“At a high level, those results came in a little better than expected,” Mirabelli said. “But these improvements do not mean the underlying financial conditions and challenges have been resolved.” He said…
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