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THE LEDGER => Genesee County => Southeast Michigan => Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools => Topic started by: Shadowninja on Sep 16, 2026, 07:52 PM

Title: CARMAN-AINSWORTH: STEP 4: Follow the dollars
Post by: Shadowninja on Sep 16, 2026, 07:52 PM
LADY BUDGETDOWN: CARMAN-AINSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

STEP 4: Follow the dollars. 🧾

Carman-Ainsworth reported $59.12 million in General Fund expenditures for 2024–25.

Where did it go?

💰 Personnel: $41.18M — 69.64%
📚 Instruction: $34.43M — 58.23%
🔧 Operations & Maintenance: $6.12M — 10.35%
🏫 Payments to Other Public School Districts: $5.99M — 10.14%

💼 Salary alone: $24.97M — 42.23%

Nearly 70 cents of every General Fund dollar went toward personnel expenditures.
 
No grand declarations necessary.

Just putting the public dollars on the table so everyone can see where they went. 👀

With receipts & respect. 👑

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