The Kent School Board wants more specifics from staff about the $7 million in budget cuts being made for the rest of the 2025-2026 school year due mainly to declining school enrollment.

Board Vice President Donald Cook asked Superintendent Israel Vela and his staff for more information about the budget cuts during a Dec. 3 work session. Vela said he would provide specifics during a Jan. 7 budget workshop.

“We need to have a better idea of what cuts we’re going to be making,” said Cook, who ran the work session due to the absence of Board President Meghin Margel. “When I asked the community about questions that they had, they gave me a few different questions and all of them are related to what we’re doing specifically and that’s where I think people are really concerned.

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