To build the scenarios, staff worked with principals and other school-based and non-school-based leaders to consider many programs and services. These are the same considerations the Superintendent began socializing publicly at the Board budget work session on April 29th. These considerations are very impactful and not decisions we want to make. Any decision in these areas will result in an impact on valued positions, services, and programs. It is our hope that any eliminated positions will be able to be absorbed through annual attrition. Ultimately, staff narrowed the scope of considerations to the following options:
- Eliminating 3rd Grade Strings,
- Reducing elementary Gifted and Talented.
- Eliminating middle school Paraeducators,
- Converting high school Media Specialists to Paraeducators,
- Reducing Leadership Interns,
- Reducing high school Teacher Secretaries,
- Reducing dual enrollment,
- Making several non-school-based budget cuts,
- Eliminating elementary school Media Paraeducators,
- Increasing elementary school class sizes by 1.0, excluding kindergarten and Title 1 schools, and
- Increasing middle and high school class sizes by 1.0, excluding schools with a FARMS rate above 47%
Two scenarios were presented for Board consideration at the 5/27/2025 budget work session.