Superintendent Michael Flynn opened the fiscal advisory committee’s first meeting for the 2026–27 budget cycle and described a “rebrand” of the district’s budget process, shifting materials online and asking committee members to hold questions until after each presenter.

Flynn said the change is intended to produce a longer-term record of requests and better year-to-year predictability in campus-level replacement cycles. "You're gonna notice that these files are located online digitally," Flynn said, noting printed copies were available on request. He added, "We're gonna flush it out as we work move along here in these couple meetings." (Michael Flynn, superintendent.)

Flynn told the committee the district purposely collected many line-item requests this year so the administration can track needs that might be deferred to future budgets rather than eliminated completely. He asked committee members to take notes during principal and director presentations and to submit questions after each section so the meeting could proceed efficiently.

The administration emphasized this meeting was for information-gathering: principals and directors were asked not to read slides verbatim but to highlight priorities. Flynn said the approach aims to avoid the traditional single-year spikes in spending by creating more predictable replacement cycles for furniture, whiteboards and other recurring needs.

The meeting closed with staff offering one follow-up date proposal for December to review updated enrollment and tuition figures and to continue budget development.

Ending: The district will provide further enrollment projections and more detailed operational and personnel numbers at the next sessions, and staff encouraged advisory members to submit questions by email in the interim.