LADY BUDGETDOWN: CARMAN-AINSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Well, dear readers... the budget said one thing. The audit said another. 🧾
In 2023–24, the original General Fund budget projected a $5.59M loss. The final budget still projected a $2.39M loss.
Audited result? +$1.01M.
Then 2024–25:
Original budget: −$8.07M
Final budget: −$4.51M
Audited result: +$259K
Two years. Millions in projected losses. Two audited increases instead.
Budgets are projections, of course. But when the final numbers land millions away from the projections two years running, Lady Budgetdown thinks that's a perfectly reasonable place to set down the spectacles and ask:
Why? 👀
With receipts & respect. 👑
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