School Board dives into budgets
FAIRMONT — The Fairmont School Board pored over the numbers at its Tuesday meeting, looking at the revised 2025-26 budget numbers and the preliminary 2026-27 numbers. Business Manager Jessica Korte said state statute requires the district set a budget by July 1 every year. With how everything works, she said it can get complicated. “We're still working on next year's expenditures and plans, and students coming in,” she said. “Typically we set the budget, and then we'll revise it.” A big piece to note, according to Korte, was student enrollment, which she said includes kids ...
