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School committee approves new student device policy and two uses of excess fund balance
Summary
The committee approved AUB JICJ (student device policy) and authorized $34,000 to finish an LRTC auto‑body spray booth and $32,299 for immediate capital needs from excess fund balance; motions carried with no recorded roll-call tallies.
The Auburn School Committee on Nov. 19 approved a second‑reading policy on student use of cell phones (AUB JICJ) and authorized two allocations from the district's excess fund balance to cover immediate needs.
Policy: The committee moved to approve AUB JICJ, "Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devices," on its second reading and the motion carried. (No roll‑call vote tally was recorded in the transcript.)
Spray booth funding: Business manager Amanda Kuchar told the committee that three contracted services—installation of a fire suppression system, roof work for exhaust routing, and installation of natural gas—are needed to complete a spray booth for the Lake Region Technical Center (LRTC) auto‑body program. Quotes for those services total approximately $34,000. Kuchar said LRTC will cover other program‑specific costs (electrical supplies, mixing station, insulation and controls) estimated at over $20,000. Committee members discussed that some booth work was partially funded by the high‑school bond but remains incomplete; members said using excess fund balance to finish the booth would put otherwise idle infrastructure into use. A motion to use $34,000 from the district’s excess fund balance carried.
Capital needs: The committee approved a second allocation of $32,299 from excess fund balance to cover two immediate capital items: replacement of an aging lawn mower used across campuses (quote ~ $15,000) and repairs to the Donald M. Gay stage floor (sanding, priming, painting). Amanda Kuchar and Adam Platt described how the Finance Subcommittee pared an earlier larger list down to this prioritized request. The motion carried.
Chair confirmed these uses come from the excess fund balance the district is working to reduce under state reporting rules; committee members asked staff to provide year‑to‑date summaries when future excess‑fund requests are considered.
