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Superintendent warns of state funding pressures, reports facility and program updates
Summary
Superintendent reported concerns about state budget developments (ODOT layoffs, frozen 21st Century grant dollars, Medicaid changes) and provided facility updates including gym floor refinishing, MacKay sidewalk work, FFA barn progress, and summer meal expansion; he also noted hiring a junior student representative ahead of October.
In his superintendent report the district superintendent summarized state fiscal pressures and federal/state funding uncertainty that could affect local schools. He said the state is seeing layoffs (he cited roughly 500 ODOT layoffs in the Non‑I‑5 corridor) and noted that several districts were told 21st Century after‑school grant dollars were frozen, stressing concern for programs that rely on multiyear funding. He also discussed potential Medicaid changes that could reduce district reimbursements for services such as school‑based psychologists and speech pathologists.
On facilities and programs the superintendent reported progress on summer school meal service (noting substantially increased meal counts), completion of gym floor refinishing at Central and MacKay, sidewalk work at MacKay performed by Jones Construction, and electrical sign‑off on the FFA barn with fence and panel installation upcoming. He also said Emmanuel Hernandez will return as the senior student representative and the board will recruit a junior representative before the October meeting.
Quote (superintendent): "We were told nationwide, those dollars were frozen."
