District administrators presented the board with cost and performance details for the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and recommended reducing IB expenditures given the statutory operating debt context.

An administrator said the elementary IB program costs about $184,000 a year and that the total K‑12 IB cost is roughly $791,000 annually. Administration also reported limited diploma output at the high‑school level in recent years and said expansion would carry additional accreditation, staffing and annual fees.

Board members questioned the tradeoffs between IB and alternatives such as AP, concurrent college credit options, or district‑aligned project‑based curricula. The CFO and administrators outlined exam costs and waivers: "The IB exam costs $55 a piece. The AP exam costs $70," an assistant noted while describing fee structures and waiver availability.

Several board members said the IB decision is within administration’s purview and expressed conditional support for removing or reducing IB programming this year to meet financial targets, while asking administration to return with options for future rigorous course access and possible offsets for family costs (waivers or local subsidies) if AP or other pathways are expanded.

Administration committed to providing a full cost breakdown and options for maintaining college‑level opportunities for students before board action at the scheduled hearings and subsequent meetings.