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Board accepts foundation donation for baseball bills and approves Carl Perkins grant allocation
Summary
The board authorized acceptance of donated funds from the district foundation to pay baseball-related expenses out of fund 49, and approved reallocating $6,810.50 in Carl Perkins grant funds for school-to-work and career/technical programming.
The board voted to accept donated funds from the Manitowoc School District Foundation to pay baseball-related bills out of fund 49 and to approve reallocation of additional Carl Perkins grant funds totaling $6,810.50 to support career and technical education programs.
During discussion board and staff clarified that foundation donations increase both district revenues and expenditures in the appropriate fund and do not draw from the district fund balance. The motion on the baseball-related payments was approved by voice vote. The transcript records inconsistent spoken figures — both $700,000 and $6,700,000 were mentioned — and district staff characterized the funds as donor fundraising; the precise amounts to be disbursed from the foundation account should be verified with district finance staff.
The finance committee also reported an additional $6,810.50 in Carl Perkins grant funds; the board approved authorizing the use of those funds for the district's school-to-work and related career programming. Board members discussed that Carl Perkins funds are typically modest but this allocation was larger than usual and will be directed toward technology and school-to-work supports.
