The 2021-22 school year is only just getting up and running, but Fountain Hills Unified School District has some good news in the form of a growing student population.
The Fountain Hills Unified School District will hold its first meeting of the new academic year this evening, Aug. 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the District Learning Center. This
Thereâs no denying that the pandemic has had an impact on local schools but, during the Jan. 27 School Board meeting, Superintendent Kelly Glass put a rough estimate of the financial hit Fountain Hills campuses are taking: About $275,000.
During the meeting, Glass noted that âCOVID and funding is not working out well for us.â The district was notified in recent weeks that its Maintenance and Operations budget would be shrinking by about $75,000 for the next academic year, with funds provided through the Governorâs Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund being about $200,000 less than anticipated.
The ESSER fund was established to provide about 95 percent of expected funding for Arizona districts based on the number of students attending classes virtually.