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Superintendent reports low fiscal stress score and program staffing updates
Summary
Dr. Meyer reported the district's fiscal stress score at 3.3 historically and 0.0 for 2025, noted environmental stress near the susceptible range (~33.3), highlighted improved teacher turnover rates, and reviewed instructional staffing and student-support numbers.
Superintendent Dr. Meyer presented the district's annual fiscal stress and environmental stress reports and walked the board through staffing levels across grade bands and special areas.
Dr. Meyer noted: "Our fiscal stress score was 3.3... So 3.3 is very low. So 2025, our fiscal stress score was 0.0," and explained that the district's improved cash position and stronger reserves accounted for lower fiscal stress. He also said the district remains in the state's "susceptible" environmental stress band (roughly 33.3) because of a high share of economically disadvantaged students (about 57–58%) despite improved teacher turnover (from 23% down to 17%).
On instructional staffing, the administration provided counts (for example, 15 general-education teachers in the pre-K through 6 grouping, representing ~25% of instructional staff) and explained that some programs returned from BOCES as cost-saving measures. The board scheduled a future budget presentation from Dr. Timms to review a long-range financial analysis.
Board members asked clarifying questions about grants and amendments; administrators said some grant amendments will be filed later this spring and the UPK amendment will follow in March.
