Revised budget for Nevis Schools was a matter of timing, Haldeman says

Revised budget for Nevis Schools was a matter of timing, Haldeman says

Grant opportunities, unanticipated labor costs and a slow-acting State Legislature led the Nevis School Board to pass a revised 2025-26 budget on Monday, Feb. 23. To explain why they do a revised budget, bookkeeper Tom Haldeman said when the school board approved the initial budget, the district hadn’t settled teacher contracts yet and the state legislature was still working on education funding. The revised budget projects general fund revenues…