District finance update: year‑end revenues, Medi‑Cal reimbursements and higher architect fees for a renovation project

District business and finance staff gave the board a wrap‑up of the 2024–25 financials and discussed project budgets and fee changes for planned facilities work.

Finance staff reported general fund and capital fund balances and explained revenue/expense variances. The transcript includes a statement that the district recognized about $319,000 in Medi‑Cal reimbursements in the prior year for covered services.

On facilities, district staff described a prior fee proposal from the architect for a campus project (identified in the transcript as the district’s architect, Stack). Staff said changes to the project scope — including the addition of a kitchen to support on‑site food service — increased the project complexity and caused an overall fee increase that exceeded a 10% threshold. The transcript records the discussion of higher fees and the need to amend contract authorization accordingly; it does not include a detailed final vote in the provided excerpt.

Calendar item: The board considered a one‑year calendar adjustment to provide three pre‑school professional development days in the year of reconfiguration so staff have extra time on potential new sites. That adjustment would shift the staff start date back to Aug. 11 (from a later August start used the previous year) for one year to allow additional site acclimation.

Discussion vs. decisions: The materials were presented for action in the business services and instructional services sections; the transcript records motions and a second being offered on some items but does not contain a complete roll‑call outcome for the architect fee change or the calendar adjustment within the excerpt provided.