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Sunnyside board gets budget and override update as staff readies December revision
Summary
District staff told the board the maintenance-and-operations budget is roughly $136 million and the districtwide budget about $248.6 million; override spending is tracked under unique accounting codes with an estimated override budget of $8,043,879 and year‑to‑date override spending of about $2.1 million.
Sunnyside Unified School District staff presented a mid‑year budget and override spending report to the governing board on Nov. 7, saying officials will return with Revision No. 1 at the board's first December meeting.
"We will be bringing back the budget for revision number 1 at your first December board meeting," Carla Walters said in the presentation, summarizing the district's accounting snapshot. Walters reported the district's maintenance and operation fund budget at approximately $136,000,000, with about $30,000,000 spent and $71,500,000 encumbered as of Nov. 7, 2024. She said the districtwide total budget is about $248,600,000 and district expenditures to date are roughly $47,800,000.
The staff also reviewed override-specific accounting. Walters told the board that the estimated maintenance-and-operations override purpose totals roughly $3,600,000 and that the total estimated override budget for the year is $8,043,879. "Year to date, we spent roughly $2,100,000 with encumbrances about $5,000,000 and a budget balance of $869,000," she said.
Walters listed examples of projects funded through override purposes: fire alarm panel upgrades at 22 school sites, athletic and fine‑arts improvements, dugouts at middle schools, a new dance floor at Gallego Intermediate and auditorium carpeting and seating at Sunnyside High School. She also said the district has ordered 2024–25 Bluebird 84‑passenger buses and expects the second bus to arrive soon.
Superintendent Gastelum and board members framed the update as an informational check‑in rather than a request for new spending. Board members were reminded that numbers will change as budget revisions are processed and that staff created unique accounting codes to track override expenditures.
The report will be added to the consent agenda as a monthly update; board members were invited to follow up with Walters or the superintendent for project‑level lists and encumbrance details.
