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LCTI presents balanced 2025–26 budgets; asks partners to fund security and accessibility projects
Summary
Dr. Greenewald told the Parkland School Board that LCTI is presenting balanced general-fund and academic-center budgets for 2025–26, highlighted a $1.3 million state subsidy increase and $50 million of outstanding debt, and asked member districts to consider funding an armed security guard, accessible restroom upgrades and a secure vestibule.
Dr. Greenewald, executive lead for Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, presented two balanced budgets to the Parkland School Board for 2025–26: a general fund and a separate academic-center budget. He said the center recorded 296 industry credentials last year and that state legislative changes boosted the technical-education subsidy by about $1,300,000, reducing the proportion of costs borne by member districts.
"Last year, 296 industry credentials were earned as part of our industry credential programs," Dr. Greenewald said, noting those credentials are portable for students and improve graduation and postsecondary pathways. He described the budgeting approach that uses a five-year average daily membership (ADM) to smooth district payments and said Parkland represents about 18.9% of LCTI's ADM.
The presentation listed capital priorities for 2025–26 that LCTI is asking member districts to consider: expanding an accessible bathroom (to safely accommodate a student who uses a wheelchair), creating a secure vestibule by converting a conference room and modifying an external window, and adding an armed security guard in times when the school police officer is off campus. Dr. Greenewald also disclosed LCTI's outstanding debt—"just about $50,000,000"—with payments continuing through 2041 and said some capital work will be staged over several years.
Board members thanked the presenters and noted the joint operating committee and superintendents have reviewed the budgets; Dr. Greenewald said the JOC and superintendents have "unanimously agreed to move it forward" and asked member districts to place the budgets on their upcoming agendas for consideration.
Provenance: presentation to the board; topic introduced at SEG 009 and concluded at SEG 409.
