Greencastle-Antrim board accepts clean audit, approves emergency-management software and facility-use update

Greencastle-Antrim School District interim school board members on Jan. 9, 2025 accepted the district’s 2023–24 audited financial statements, approved a contract to buy an emergency-management system, and approved a revision to the district’s facility-use form, among other routine personnel and budget items.

The audit presentation came from Kevin Stauffer of Smith Elliott Kearns Company, who told the board the firm issued an unmodified opinion on the district’s financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024. "We feel that in our opinion the financial statements are materially correct and can be relied upon," Stauffer said. He reported the general fund posted an increase in fund balance of just over $1,400,000, total general-fund revenues of about $54,600,000 (including roughly $2,100,000 federal), and a year-end general-fund balance near $17,700,000. Stauffer also said the single-audit review of the child nutrition cluster produced no findings.

The board voted to accept the audit as presented.

Safety and emergency management were prominent topics. The board approved a contract with Raptor Technologies LLC to provide an emergency-management and rostering system that integrates with the district’s PowerSchool student information system. District presenter Dr. Hanks described classroom accounting and parent-notification features and gave the first-year cost: "This is $14,000. That includes the fees for start up and rostering. It will connect with our PowerSchool, to do all of that stuff. So it's higher. This first time…