密尔沃基公立学校赤字扩大至约5800万美元：秋季在校生比计划少2544人
威斯康星州密尔沃基县密尔沃基市，密尔沃基公立学校在上一个学年进一步陷入赤字，主运营基金初步统计约5800万美元入不敷出，尽管学区已经实施预算削减。相关报道于11月2日刊出，上述数字仍待最终审计确认。
学区总监 Brenda Cassellius 10月已削减约80个教职岗位。她2025年3月上任后发现，学区在2024-25学年已出现约4600万美元赤字，今年2月随即实施年中削减；上学年超支幅度虽小于前一年，但仍超支约1230万美元，使累计缺口达到约5830万美元。她表示，问题源于多年来预算不足与超支，逐步耗尽了学区的储蓄。按10月29日通过的更新预算，学区预计到本学年结束时可把赤字收窄至约2300万美元。
秋季在校生人数低于预期，学区统计在校生为57733人，比预算计划少2544人；不过得益于州政府对入学人数突然下降的临时保护，学区本学年可支配收入反而比春季预测增加约1290万美元。学区官员10月29日调整本学年预算时小幅提高了税收征收额，学区预算压力尚未解除。
（来源：密尔沃基哨兵报）
Milwaukee Public Schools Deficit Grows to About $58 Million as Fall Enrollment Comes In 2,544 Students Below Plan
In Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Schools dug a deeper deficit over the last school year, running its main operations fund to about $58 million in the red despite budget cuts, according to preliminary figures reported November 2. The numbers still await final auditing.
Superintendent Brenda Cassellius cut about 80 teaching positions in October. After taking over in March 2025, she found the district had run about $46 million into the red during the 2024-25 school year and imposed midyear cuts the following February; last school year's overspending was smaller than the year before but still came to about $12.3 million, bringing the total hole to about $58.3 million. She said the problem stems from years of under-budgeting and overspending that gradually ate the district's savings. Under an updated budget approved October 29, the district projects it can narrow the deficit to about $23 million by the end of this school year.
Fall enrollment came in lower than expected at 57,733 students, 2,544 fewer than the budget plan; thanks to a state exemption that temporarily protects districts from sudden enrollment losses, the district's allowable revenue for this school year is actually about $12.9 million higher than the spring projection. District officials adjusted the current-year budget on October 29, slightly increasing the tax levy, and the budget pressure remains unresolved.
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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图片来源：图：密尔沃基公立学校行政大楼。Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Milwaukee Public Schools administration building. By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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