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Mercer Island district warns of multiyear budget squeeze and moves toward certificated reductions
Summary
District finance staff reported a low fund balance and projected shortfalls tied to enrollment declines and lower state funding; administrators proposed draft certificated reductions and outlined timelines for notification and implementation.
Mercer Island -- District finance and leadership staff told the school board the district faces a sustained fund-balance shortfall driven by lower enrollment and a smaller share of state funding, prompting proposed certificated staffing reductions as part of a broader package to rebalance next year's budget.
"We are in a rainy-day situation," Assistant Superintendent Sullivan said during the OE7 financial-administration monitoring presentation, describing a fund-balance margin that has fallen below the board's long-standing target and the realistic prospect that the district will need to draw on…
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