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Board approves claims and purchase orders; staff reads resolution requesting grant appropriations and limits spending while reviewing FY26
Summary
Board approved claims and multiple purchase orders over $10,000 and adopted minor policy updates; staff read a resolution asking the Board of Supervisors to appropriate state literacy and school security grant funds and local funds for a heavy-duty truck; staff directed schools to limit spending to 50% while revenue projections are assessed.
The Page County School Board handled financial and administrative business, approving claims for payment, considering purchase orders over $10,000 and receiving a resolution request to the Page County Board of Supervisors to appropriate grant and local funds for school purposes.
Business staff (S5) presented claim certification showing the operating fund balance at $521,153.21, Fund 5 (food service) at $14,650.61 and total expenditures of $535,803.82, and offered the claims and check register for board review. A board member (S4) moved to accept the claims for payment; the motion was seconded and the board expressed assent.
Staff presented three purchase orders over $10,000: Valley Doors Unlimited for $11,598.69 to replace two fire doors; Riddleberger for $106,336 for chiller repair work at Luray High School and Page County High School; and a $18,280 purchase order for radios and mounting supplies for transportation and new vehicles. School administration (S10) said the two chillers are original, roughly 15 years old, and warned that a failure could lead to replacement costs "in excess of $500,000." S10 also described radio testing that showed wide base-station coverage and explained handheld radios and base stations will link to the county 911 center.
A motion to approve the purchase orders over $10,000 was made and seconded; audible votes were recorded in the transcript but a precise roll-call tally is not fully specified in the record provided here. Business staff also read a 2026-03 resolution requesting the Page County Board of Supervisors appropriate: $10,818.60 in remaining state literacy grant funds for FY2026; $49,750 in state school security equipment grant funds for FY2026 (noting some awards are reimbursement-based and designated for specific schools); and $77,972 in local funds for a heavy-duty maintenance truck to support maintenance and snow removal.
Board members and staff discussed budget posture for FY26: staff have asked schools and departments to limit spending to 50% of their budgets while staff assess revenues and project FY27 planning. Staff explained many grants are reimbursement grants (spend first, apply for reimbursement) and that school-security awards are often rotated among schools when the state awards them. Staff indicated the district has received partial reimbursement already for some security grant funds and that inclusion of remaining balances in the FY26 budget is intended to permit timely expenditure when reimbursements arrive.
The board approved BSEA policy updates (previously presented as informational) by motion, and members offered recognitions to Page County High School cheerleaders, cross-country athletes and middle-school mentorship activities. The meeting moved toward concluding business with a final motion and assent from board members.
Votes recorded in the transcript are voice votes and affirmative responses are audible, but the transcript does not provide a clean, individual roll-call tally for each motion; where the transcript lacks a clear roll call, this article notes that the precise vote tallies are not specified in the provided record.
