A few days ago, the district was getting ready to adopt a budget for next year that assumed that revenues from the state would be way down because of COVID-19.
It was banking on $57 million from Mayor Kenney's proposed real estate tax hike to avoid a deficit.
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Hearing that, the mayor Thursday withdrew his real estate tax hike request.
The result is that the school board was able to adopt a balanced $3.5 billion budget.
"Better than we were before, but obviously facing some significant financial challenges,” said district chief financial officer Uri Monson.
Monson said because expenses are outpacing revenues, the district is facing a $705 million deficit in five years.