Overview
- Superintendent Myriam Rogers presented an FY2027 operating proposal totaling $2.49 billion with $62 million in identified savings.
- The plan would eliminate nearly 594 positions costing $59 million, including about 325 tied to staffing formula changes and 111 tied to enrollment.
- New spending would fall about 73%, dropping from roughly $24 million this year to about $6 million next year.
- The district would honor union contracts adding about $93 million through June 2027, a priority that unions say comes with harmful tradeoffs for schools.
- Class sizes could shift to a 25-to-1 teacher ratio in grades 1–12, with a Jan. 20 hearing and Feb. 10 board vote pending, a central-office hiring freeze and zero-based contract reviews in place, and a 2% county funding increase requested.