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Burke County Board approves construction, contracts, field trips and summer feeding plans
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the Burke County Board of Education formally approved a guaranteed maximum price for auditorium renovations, multiple field-trip additions, a summer food program and vendor contracts, and several other motions; the board also accepted routine financial and program reports.
Burke County Board of Education on March 18 approved a package of contracts, project bids, field-trip additions and summer-feeding plans and accepted routine financial and program reports.
The board voted to accept the district financial report for February 2025 and approved a series of agenda items and purchase decisions that included a guaranteed maximum price for Burke County High School auditorium renovations, procurement of playground equipment for SGA, additions to approved field trips for Burke County High School and Burke County Middle School, approval of the school resource officer (SRO) contract for 2025–26, authorization for the recreation department to use the track and football field on April 12, and the summer feeding schedule for the School Nutrition Program.
The financial report showed revenues of $68,154,735 through Feb. 28, representing 68.87% of budgeted revenues and noting property-tax receipts. Expenditures were $47,514,066, or about 63.01% of the general-fund budget; the…
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