Lake Dallas ISD board unanimously approves audit, academic calendar, facilities contract, policy update and personnel actions

The Lake Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on a package of action items Jan. 19, approving the district's audited 2024–25 annual comprehensive financial report, the proposed 2026–27 academic calendar, a flooring contract for two elementary schools, a set of local policy updates, and personnel actions pending from executive session.

Annual comprehensive financial report: CFO Anne Hahn introduced the district's 2024–25 annual comprehensive financial report and auditor Scott Scarborough presented the results. Scarborough said the audit returned an unmodified (clean) opinion and complimented the district's finance staff for an efficient close. He summarized key fund-level results, noted the district had adopted a budgeted general-fund deficit of about $604,004 and reported capital-project spending tied to a bond issuance; Scarborough also explained an industry accounting change (GASB) that increased reported long-term liabilities (accrued compensated absences) by several million dollars at the government-wide level. Motion to approve the report was made by Mark Tucker, seconded by…