School district braces for major reductions as draft budget far exceeds available funds

“There’s nothing off the list,” Superintendent Bill Burr said about potential cuts to the school district’s 2025-2026 budget. From exploring what life would be like as a satellite site of the Petersburg school district to eliminating teacher positions, Burr said the district is exploring everything and anything.

The draft budget presented to the school board last month showed a $1 million shortfall between projected revenue ($5.05 million) and proposed expenses ($6.1 million).

Covering that gap — without a significant boost in state funding — would completely drain the district’s operating res...

 
 

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