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Business administrator reports audit schedule, grant delays and facility improvements
Summary
The district’s business administrator briefed the board on the 2024–25 audit schedule, state delays in Title/ESEA platforms, recent maintenance and technology upgrades — including new security cameras and a scoreboard — and upcoming gym floor and bleacher projects.
Rockaway Township’s business administrator reported to the board that the district audit for fiscal year 2024–25 will begin on Oct. 27, that the state’s delay in the ESEA/title funding platform has pushed some grant-dependent programming and that buildings-and-grounds and technology teams completed several maintenance and security upgrades.
Key items from the business administrator’s update - Audit: the district audit is scheduled to start Oct. 27 and the administration expects to work with the auditors on the usual validation of personnel and fiscal controls. - Title/ESEA grants: the state’s delayed launch of a new grant platform has held up formal approval of some federal funds; the district has prepared contingency plans and will incorporate any carryover funding when the state finalizes allocations. - Facilities and maintenance work: completed paving and relocated storage shed at KDM to improve ADA-compliant emergency egress and playground space; boiler-room water-main replacement at Copeland; district-wide cleanup and reorganization projects. - Athletics and gym work: new scoreboard installed in Bassett Hall (thanks to town recreation department); new bleachers with approximately 29 added seats will be installed during the teacher convention week in November; gym floors will be recoated the same week. - Security and technology: the tech department completed an upgrade to new security cameras at Stony Brook and Copeland Middle School, which the administrator said provided marked improvements in clarity and coverage.
Why it matters: the audit kickoff and grant delays shape timing and budgeting for district programs; the capital and maintenance items will affect building use (athletics, concerts) and daily safety and operations.
Board follow-up and next steps The board acknowledged the work and asked that projected costs linked to planned facility upgrades and any grant-dependent programming be captured in the upcoming budget calendar. The business administrator said the October snapshot will begin the annual budget process and that the district will validate personnel costs and create a position-control roster as part of budget planning.
