What to know
Garrett Matej, the district’s assistant superintendent of business and finance, discussed the district’s upcoming budget and touched on things that would impact it including the current state funding for the 2024-25 school year that will be finalized in September, the legislative session and the new Calfee Middle School.
“I have never opened a secondary school in a district I’ve been in. A secondary campus is a different animal when it comes to the budget and we are currently reviewing personnel for transfers or who are going to be new,” Matej said.
The breakdown
The 2025-26 fiscal year expenditures so far include:
- Total: $90,209,045
- Salaries: $74.64 million
- Operating expenses: $15.56 million
- Calfee Middle School
- Salaries: $3.59 million
- Operating expenses: $62,406
The next Willis ISD meeting will be held April 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the boardroom of the Sharon Hill Jennette Administration Building at 612 N. Campbell St. in Willis.
