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Board approves preliminary 2025–26 budget and routine items; tables two policy readings
Summary
The Englewood Board approved routine minutes and financial reports, passed a consent agenda with exceptions, and voted to submit a preliminary 2025–26 budget. Two policies tied to a comprehensive equity plan were tabled for the April meeting.
The Englewood Public School District Board of Education approved several routine items by roll call and voted to submit a preliminary 2025–26 budget to the state. The board also tabled two policy items tied to a comprehensive equity plan so they can be reviewed again at the April meeting.
What passed
- Approval of the Feb. 27 meeting minutes (motion made and seconded during the meeting). The board’s roll call recorded unanimous approval from members present.
- Board secretary report and treasurer’s report for January 2025 were approved on roll call; all recorded votes were affirmative from members present.
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda with an addendum (which included a student special‑education settlement authorizing execution of the settlement agreement). During discussion the board pulled item 25F88 (preliminary budget) for separate discussion. Certain personnel stipend items drew public comment; the board moved the consent agenda and approved it by roll call with specific exceptions recorded at the meeting.
Budget vote
The board approved the preliminary 2025–26 budget submission (resolution 25F88 / 25-26 preliminary budget). The roll call recorded six yes votes, one no, one abstention and one absence. Tally from the roll call recorded in the transcript was: Flores (yes); Doctor Banks (yes); Wiggins (absent); Vice President Hicks (yes); Matthews (no); Haber (abstain); Banks Watson (yes); Rivera (yes); President Feinstein (yes). The motion carried; the submission is the preliminary budget required by the state and may be revised before final adoption.
Policies tabled
Two policies associated with the comprehensive equity plan (listed in the agenda as 25A65 and 25A66) were tabled for further review at the April board meeting. The motion to table passed by roll call with multiple yes and no votes recorded.
Why it matters: The preliminary budget establishes the district’s spending and revenue plan submitted to the state; it is a required step in the budget calendar and will be revisited before final adoption. Tabling the two policies preserved additional time for committee review ahead of the county and state deadlines.
Ending: The board directed staff to provide additional budget details and to return the two tabled policies for consideration at the April meeting. Individual board members used the public‑meeting record to register dissent on specific personnel stipend items and to request more detailed budget documentation in advance of the May final budget discussion.
