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District readies PSAP testing, adds high-impact tutoring and flags rising health-benefit costs
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Ronald Dobson reported the district is preparing for PSAP testing on April 1 and closing a round of high-impact tutoring funded with $9,343; Business Administrator Stephanie reported health-benefit costs rose from about $600,000 in December to $685,000 in January and a county food-service audit prompted operational changes.
District administrators told the board the district is preparing for standardized testing and targeted academic supports while also confronting rising personnel costs and food-service operational issues.
Assistant Superintendent Ronald Dobson said the district’s PSAP testing date is set for April 1 and staff met with county specialists to review and fine-tune curriculum ahead of the test. He added the district completed an additional round of high-impact tutoring funded by a grant of $9,343 that targeted students in grades 3 and 4 and that the tutors and participating teachers are listed on the meeting agenda.
Business Administrator Stephanie briefed the board on budgeting and said the district’s health-benefit bills rose from about $600,000 in December to about $685,000 in January; she said most of that increase was the board’s share and that projections will be built into budgeting for July–December of the next fiscal cycle. Stephanie also reported a county facilities walkthrough and a Department of Agriculture food-service audit, which followed a decline in elementary meal sales after the district implemented the prepaid 'myMeals' platform; she said the district will change how parents prepay and allow monthly prepayments after Jan. 31.
The board discussed outstanding family meal balances and collection practices and noted an audit recommendation to reduce excess funds in the food-service account that accrued during pandemic-era funding. Administrators said they are reviewing options to manage the account and improve meal participation.
“Our date is April 1,” Ronald Dobson told the board about the PSAP schedule. Stephanie summarized the financial changes and said administrators are incorporating the higher health-benefit costs into budget planning.
