What the Budget Data Shows: Administration Growing Faster Than Teaching

The Key Shift

From FY2025 to FY2027:

• Teaching salaries make up a smaller share of total salaries

• Administrative salaries make up a larger share

• Administrative salaries rise from 31.2% of total salaries (FY2025) to 32.9% (FY2027), a 1.7% increase

• This is a $1.3M increase

• Teacher salaries are dropping from 67.8% (FY2025) to 66% (FY2027), a 1.8% in budget share

This matters because it’s not just “costs going up.” It indicates a reallocation toward administration.

What the $1.3M Figure Means

When you apply the percentage change to the total salary budget, the shift is equivalent to about $1.3 million more going to administration by FY2027.

Put simply:

$1.3M is 32.5% of the $4M school budget deficit

This reflects a structural choice, not inflation.

Why This Raises a Fair Question

The district is forecasting fewer teachers.
A reasonable expectation is that administrative overhead should scale with instructional staffing, not move in the opposite direction.

So the question is straightforward:

Why is the budget becoming more administratively heavy as classroom staffing shrinks?

We are asking for transparency

This isn’t an assumption of bad intent. It’s a request for clarity.

We are simply asking for:

• A role-by-role explanation of why administrative costs are taking a larger share

• What new administrative responsibilities justify the increase

• How this shift improves outcomes for students

Bottom Line

When analyzed within-year percentages, the budget shows less going to teaching and more to administration— about a $1.3M shift by FY2027. That warrants a clear public explanation.