No one is talking about this. Can your team explore it more: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools have announced a budget shortfall of approximately $42 million, which is more than five times!!!!!!! the initial $8 million estimate reported by former CFO Thomas Kranz. It is still unclear exactly how the district managed to overspend that amount of money. (All the cuts will hurt black and brown babies the most). The WS/FC school superintendent Trish McManus said overspending happened because of inaccurate budget projections under her oversight following the depletion of COVID federal relief funding. “There are many things that could have been done differently, improved. Ultimately, I am the leader of our school system and I'm responsible," she said. Some of the proposed cuts 1-adding two students to every classroom 2-cutting school crossing safety guards 3-reducing travel services by eliminating transportation to daycares and other community programing sites 4-reducing central office staff, furloughing executive leadership team members among other options.