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The workbook puts the adopted FY2027 school budget $761,001 below Level Service; the addendum states $868,918.
One cut, measured four ways
Addendum: variance for Balanced$868,918
Addendum: priced reductions (our sum)$842,040
Addendum: Level Service deficit$838,413
Workbook: Level Service less Balanced$761,001
Value
Addendum: variance for Balanced
$868,918
Addendum: priced reductions (our sum)
$842,040
Addendum: Level Service deficit
$838,413
Workbook: Level Service less Balanced
$761,001
The district printed three of these; the fourth is our sum of the reductions the addendum prices. Nothing published reconciles them.
1 · The facts
$27,333,289
Level Service, the FY2027 workbook
$26,572,288
Balanced, as adopted
$761,001
between them (our subtraction)
$868,918
variance the addendum states for Balanced
$838,413
Level Service deficit, the addendum’s summary
$842,040
priced staff reductions it lists (our sum)
8.7 FTE
staff reductions it lists
3.5 FTE
between its own two headcounts
$1,174,933
our catalogue’s 16 cuts, all kinds
our estimate
—
the price of the Turkey Hill music cut
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The workbook gives $761,001; the addendum states $868,918 and, elsewhere, $838,413.
2
The addendum lists 8.7 FTE of reductions; its two headcounts differ by 3.5 FTE.
3
Our catalogue of 16 cuts sums to $1,174,933, including $14,488 we priced ourselves.