School board explores ways to trim ’25-’26 budget deficit

Directors will consider a potential hiring freeze, the elimination of some programs and other options.

Strategies to erase a deficit in the West Mifflin Area School District’s proposed budget were debated at Thursday’s school board meeting.

Expenditures exceed revenues by $2.9 million in the district’s preliminary 202526 budget, and the board has several options to reduce that deficit, according to Director of Finance and Operations Edward Wehrer.

“With the finance committee, there was a me...