Board begins work-session on $21 million deficit; transportation, program changes under study
Facing a projected $21 million FY26 shortfall, district leaders and the board discussed targets and options including a transportation study that could reduce costs via walk-zone and bell-time adjustments, a proposal to change talent-development delivery, a recommended elimination of 4th-grade orchestra, and a temporary decision to keep IB programs intact pending further planning.
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District leaders opened a work session on the projected FY26 deficit (reported as $21,000,000) and described a multi-pronged effort to identify reductions and efficiencies. The superintendent framed the work as "mining the gap," noting prior realized savings and that targets remain. CFO Kristen Hoheisel said transportation changes already discussed could yield an initial $264,000 reduction (from a Minneapolis-run route change) and, with further adjustments to walk zones and bell times, the combined transportation savings could approach a larger target (presentations referenced $750,000 as a combined outcome in slides).
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