CARY – District 26 expects to run balanced operating budgets through the 2016 fiscal year, if funding comes in as anticipated from the state.

This includes adding 12 teachers next year to help bring back dedicated art, music and physical education teachers and going to 90-minute periods for middle school English. The staffing plan was approved Monday by the school board.

Administrators recently presented a five-year financial outlook, which takes into account having money available for technology upgrades, adoption of new textbooks, and setting aside money for facility upgrades and repairs, something the district had not been able to plan for in recent years.