Education
BY ADAM DOE & HEATHER MCCULLOUGH
GCISD projects $1.47M shortfall
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Grapevine-Colleyville ISD budget deficits over time The adopted budget deficit has dropped by nearly $5 million since FY 2021-22.
$6.2M
$1.47M
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SOURCE: GCISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is projected to end the 2025-26 fiscal year with a shortfall of about $1.47 million, according to a late February report from Director of Finance Paula McBride. Breaking it down McBride’s report shows the district’s fund balance will drop from about $39.7 million to $38.3 million at the end of the current fiscal year June 30. McBride also said that enroll- ment for the 2025-26 school year was 242 students less than anticipated, which could result in a higher than expected recapture payment, contributing to the shortfall. The report also showed that payroll was responsible for about 85% of the district’s expenditures, and payroll costs had gone up by roughly $2 million since the 2024-25 fiscal year due to staff raises, despite staff reductions. “Being in a service industry,
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD FY 2025-26 expenditures
Payroll: $128.3M Contract services and utilities: $13.6M Supplies: $3.6M Travel/other: $4.2M Debt service: $596.4K
Total $150.3M
SOURCE: GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
payroll is our largest cost,” McBride said. Also of note The $1.47 million shortfall is about $300,000 lower than FY 2024-25 deficit and $1.3 million lower than FY 2023-24 deficit, per McBride’s report.
CISD could sell Durham property
The Carroll ISD board of trust- ees approved a step to sell Don T. Durham Intermediate School, located at 801 Shady Oaks Drive, in late February. What’s happening? The board issued a request for qualifications to find property broker services to aid CISD with the eventual sale of the property once the school closes. The
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earliest the campus could close is before the 2027-28 school year. CISD officials will bring trustees a declaration to sell the property after its declared surplus.
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