Board adopts 2025–26 budget, approves Bonney Lake High expansion plan and union pact; writes off small uncollectibles

The Sumner Bonney Lake School District board of directors approved several administrative and budget items at its Aug. 20 meeting, including the district’s 2025–26 budget, education specifications for the Bonney Lake High School expansion, and a two-year collective-bargaining agreement for child nutrition services and transportation staff.

The board voted on multiple items after presentations and limited discussion:

- Adoption of 2025–26 budget (Resolution No. 21/24-25): The district’s chief financial officer presented the same four-year budget plan reviewed at a prior public hearing and explained a projected multi-year gap between expenditures and revenues that will reduce the fund balance if unaddressed. The presentation included a projected beginning fund balance of roughly $35 million, projected revenues of about $207 million, and projected expenditures and transfers of about $217…