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Perryton ISD board hears explanation of field house budget overrun; bus lane cited as main addition
Summary
Superintendent told the Perryton ISD board confusion over bond accounting for Proposition A and B helped cause public concern about a reported $400,000 overage; the superintendent said the bus lane and added parking — not furniture budgets — primarily drove the overrun and that interest earnings could cover the excess.
The Perryton ISD superintendent explained to the board that a recent report of a large cost overrun on the district’s field house stems largely from accounting differences between bond funds designated as Proposition A and Proposition B and from adding a bus lane and parking to the project.
“The only budget money that we ended up being over in the field house was for the bus lane,” the superintendent said, adding that furniture and equipment had been budgeted in the Proposition A pot while the field house construction had been tracked to Proposition B. “The money that we are gonna be spending that is over the 4.9 is coming out of the interest…
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