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Midway ISD board hears finance report showing multimillion-dollar deficit as enrollment falls
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Wesley Brooks told the board Midway ISD’s enrollment has dropped to a snapshot of 8,715 students and the district faces a projected 2025–26 deficit of roughly $2.4 million (compared with an adopted $3.4 million shortfall).
Wesley Brooks, Midway ISD’s assistant superintendent for finance, told the Board of Trustees on March 24 that the district’s snapshot enrollment was 8,715 students — a decline of more than 100 students from the previous year — and that the district is projecting a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall.
Brooks reported a "deficit budget in the amount of $2.3 million" and later summarized the current projection for the 2025–26 budget year as a $2.4 million deficit, down from an adopted deficit budget of $3.4 million. He attributed the shortfall to declining enrollment, attendance and revised budget projections.
The update did not include board action to close the shortfall at the meeting; trustees discussed the figures during the presentation and will consider budget strategies at a later date. The board packet and Brooks’ presentation were offered as information to guide upcoming budget deliberations for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
The Board heard the finance report during its regular March 24 meeting; no specific cuts, tax changes or formal budget amendments were adopted at that session.
