San Rafael school district adopts budgets amid warning signs

Trustees at San Rafael City Schools have adopted the 2025-26 budgets with an ominous fiscal outlook ahead.

On Monday , the board approved a $91.4 million budget for the elementary district and a $53 million budget for the high school district.

Although the budgets do not signal an immediate crisis, the elementary budget expenses exceed revenues by $6.8 million, while the high school budget expenses exceed revenues by $1.8 million. That means the district is deficit-spending in both budgets...