The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

The Sweet Home School District Board of Directors on Monday, June 12, approved a $65,236,782 budget for fiscal year 2023-24, nearly $10 million dollars more than the current year’s adopted budget of $55,584,273.

The budget includes the addition of 1.75 full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching positions at the high school due to expected enrollment growth (Sweet Home’s enrollment grew by almost 1% from the 2019-20 school year to the 2022-23 school year, while statewide enrollment declined by 5.5% during that same time period), adding two district-wide counseling positions to help promote stud...