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Okmulgee superintendent outlines options to balance district budget: enrollment, staffing and marketing
Summary
Superintendent Clay Vinyard told the board the district must either increase revenue or decrease spending and listed enrolment growth, workforce adjustments via attrition, and continued expenditure analysis among potential steps to balance the district budget.
Superintendent Clay Vinyard briefed the board Sept. 17 on his goals and financial plans, saying the district must "either increase revenue or decrease spending." He listed concrete strategies including increasing enrollment, adjusting the workforce (noting that enrollment numbers determine employment levels), using attrition and eliminating positions to "right size" staff numbers, and continuing to analyze expenditures to build an allocation formula for next year's budget.
Vinyard told the board that marketing the schools to boost enrollment would be a priority so the district could use an allocation model to align staffing with students. The meeting minutes record these points as a presentation to the board but do not include projected timelines, specific enrollment targets, or dollar estimates for the proposed staffing adjustments.
