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Balanced Budget
3/23/26
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Drastic Injustice: The Human Cost of Budget Cuts
Increased Class Sizes:
Overwhelmed Classrooms
Eliminated Supports:
Vulnerable Students Abandoned
Meeting Legal Service Requirements:
Compliance Over Care
→
Inaccessible Extracurriculars:
Opportunity & Engagement Lost
Decimated Literacy Goals:
Unattainable Futures
The trade-off is meeting legal minimums at the expense of student
success and well-being.
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Necessary Additions
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EL Teacher District ($106,537)
Justification
Critical for bridging the
achievement gap for our growing
multilingual student population.
Unlocks academic access for
non-native speakers across the
district.
Ensures strict compliance with
state and federal mandates,
mitigating legal risk.
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Special Educator at Primary School $106,357
Justification
Unlocks access to learning for
students with disabilities.
Essential to meet legal
mandate of providing Free and
Appropriate public education
(FAPE).
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Assistant Business Manager ($10,000)
Justification:
$
A low-cost, high-yield investment in
the district's overall fiscal health.
Rigorous financial oversight.
Maximizes operational efficiency.
Safeguards district assets.
Strict adherence to complex state
auditing and payroll
requirements.
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Assistant Principal Primary/Turkey Hill
Elementary ($133,596) Justification:
Vital for maintaining a safe,
structured, and highly supportive
school climate.
Crucial on-the-ground behavioral
intervention and operational
management.
Directly supporting classroom teachers
and empowering the Principal.
Focus on high-level instructional
leadership and continuous academic
improvement.
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Teaching and Learning Impacts
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2.0 Classroom FTE at Primary
($205,019)
Impact of Loss: Increases class sizes significantly at the foundational
significantly at the foundational level, reducing individualized attention and
hindering early literacy and numeracy skill development for our youngest learners.
A • Increases class sizes significantly
at the foundational level.
A • Reduces individualized attention.
A • Hinders early literacy and numeracy
skill development for our youngest
learners.
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2.0 Classroom FTE at Turkey Hill
Elementary ($171,811)
Impact of Loss: Elevates class sizes, stretching teacher capacity and
compromising the district's ability to provide targeted support and
differentiated instruction during critical developmental years.
A • Elevates class sizes.
A • Stretches teacher capacity.
A • Compromises the district's ability to
provide targeted support and
differentiated instruction during
critical developmental years.
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.2 Music teacher at Turkey Hill ($9,682)
.2 Music teacher at Turkey Hill ($9,682)
Impact of Loss: Reduces valuable arts enrichment, limiting opportunities for
creative expression and holistic student development while complicating
school-wide scheduling. Grade 5 band instruction will be eliminated.
A Reduces valuable arts enrichment.
A Reducing creative expression &
holistic development.
A Complicates school-wide scheduling.
A Grade 5 band instruction eliminated.
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1.0 Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
through attrition ($74,147)
1.0 Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant through attrition ($74,147)
Impact of Loss: Reduces essential fine motor and sensory support for special
education students, risking IEP non-compliance and hindering students' ability to
access the general curriculum.
Reduces essential fine motor and
risking IEP non-compliance,
and hindering students' ability to
access the general curriculum.
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$40,000 | Curriculum Adoption System (ES Science)
Impact of Loss: Reduces essential resources for elementary science education,
hindering foundational STEM learning and compliance with standards.
Impact of Loss:
Stagnates foundational STEM
education.
Forces reliance on outdated,
non-compliant materials.
Leaves students unprepared for
future rigorous standards.
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Operational Impacts
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$50,203 | Technology Reduction
• Reduces funding for new
devices, software licenses.
• Impacts ability to maintain
current technology
infrastructure and provide
timely repairs.
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$48,630 | 1.0 Custodian through attrition
Impact of Loss: Reduces essential cleaning and maintenance staffing,
negatively affecting school hygiene and environment.
Impact of Loss:
Degrades the cleanliness,
hygiene, and daily maintenance
of school facilities.
Potentially impacts student
health.
Negatively affects the overall
learning environment.
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.5 State Reporting Secretary ($31,000)
Impact of Loss:
Bottlenecks in mandated
state data reporting
Increased risk of
compliance errors
Funding delays
Administrative backlog for
the district.
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Custodial Supplies system ($15,000)
Impact of Loss:
Limits the availability of
necessary cleaning agents
and equipment
Forcing maintenance staff
to do more with less
Undermining basic facility
sanitation standards
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Extracurricular Impacts
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0.5 Athletic Trainer ($34,259)
Impact of Loss:
Compromises student-athlete
safety.
R Reduces immediate on-site injury
evaluation and treatment.
Hinders concussion management
during practices and games.
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$4,170 | Girl's Lacrosse
Eliminates a dedicated athletic opportunity for female students, directly reducing
pathways for physical health, teamwork, and potential collegiate opportunities,
while potentially threatening the district's Title IX parity.
Reduces pathways for physical health
Limits teamwork and leadership development
Threatens potential collegiate opportunities
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$3,362 | Boy's Golf
Removes a unique, lifelong sport that often
engages students who may not participate in
high-impact athletics, unnecessarily diminishing
student engagement.
Reduces pathways for physical health
Limits teamwork and leadership development
Threatens potential collegiate opportunities
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$2,444 | Ski Team
Erases a specialized winter athletic program,
penalizing students who excel in non-
non-traditional seasonal sports and reducing
vital cold-weather extracurricular engagement.
Eliminates a unique, specialized athletic opportunity
Reduces engagement during cold-weather months
Penalizes students excelling in non-traditional sports
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Impact of Athletic Transport Cuts
$127,550 Savings
Severs access for many
students, particularly
lower-income families.
Shifts financial & logistical
burden onto working parents.
Creates significant district
liability and scheduling chaos.
SCHOOL BUS
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$5,000 | Band Transportation MS/HS
Silences our music programs by
eliminating their ability to travel to
competitions, festivals, and
community events.
Drastically reduces the visibility,
morale, and competitive edge of
our student musicians.
Impacts student engagement
and community pride.
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Raise Athletic Fees by $75 will generate ~ $120,000
Impact of action: A proposed
$75 fee increase generates
approximately $120,000 to
bridge our budget gap, preserving
most athletic programs without
garnering academic funds to
preserve programs.
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Drastic Injustice: The Human Cost of Budget Cuts
Increased Class Sizes:
Overwhelmed Classrooms
Eliminated Supports:
Vulnerable Students Abandoned
Meeting Legal Service Requirements:
Compliance Over Care
→
Inaccessible Extracurriculars:
Opportunity & Engagement Lost
Decimated Literacy Goals:
Unattainable Futures
The trade-off is meeting legal minimums at the expense of student
success and well-being.