Randolph County Board of Education hears FY26 budget, approves job description and personnel actions

The Randolph County Board of Education met in a special called session for a fiscal year 2026 budget hearing and approved several personnel items on Aug. (date not specified) during a meeting that included a presentation of the district's proposed budget by Beth Waters.

Beth Waters presented the proposed FY26 budget, saying, “This is the proposed budget for fiscal year 26.” She told the board the district budgets just over $30 million in total revenues and that the district's state funding is calculated from average daily membership (ADM) measured 20 days after Labor Day. Waters summarized that the district expected roughly $19,000,000 from the state, about $7.5 million from local sources and smaller amounts from federal and other sources, and that the general-fund one-month operating balance based on budgeted expenditures is $2,159,986. Waters said the district currently projects it will finish FY26 with a “3.58 reserve.”

Waters discussed staffing units and enrollment, saying the district gained 0.36 of a teacher unit while losing 1.7 students in the latest comparison, and that an interim estimate she requested showed a possible loss of about 113 students—equivalent, she said, to…