Haywood County Schools presents $1.25M capital plan and $5.57M school nutrition budget; project list includes HVAC, parking, fencing and Chromebook replacement
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Summary
The district proposed a $1,250,000 capital budget for FY2026‑27 funded by local sales tax, listing HVAC, parking, fencing and repaving projects; the school nutrition fund was presented with projected revenues and expenses of $5,566,406 and ongoing staffing shortages.
Haywood County Schools presented separate capital and school nutrition budgets for FY2026‑27 during the budget hearing.
Cameron Francis, presenting the capital plan, said the district is keeping the capital budget at $1,250,000, funded by a portion of local sales tax (article 40 and article 42), and outlined site projects including:
- Beville Middle School: HVAC replacement and HVAC for an employee daycare — $40,000. - Central Haywood: back parking lot repaving/expansion — $170,000. - Central Haywood: cafeteria HVAC replacement — $60,000. - Hazelwood Elementary: fire alarm upgrade (amount not specified). - Haywood Early College & Haywood Innovative Middle: fire alarm/renovation work driven by occupancy/code changes — $40,000 cited for renovations. - North Canton Elementary: gym floor replacement — $100,000. - Maintenance spare parts and swap‑outs — $75,000. - A package of fencing projects at Bethel Elementary, Clyde Elementary, an elementary playground, and Winslow Middle — $125,000. - Waynesville Mill: repaving to repair cracking and add track lines — $180,000. - Systemwide Chromebook replacement (technology cycle) — $350,000.
Francis summarized project line items and invited board questions. Note: the presenter described the capital budget at $1,250,000 but also stated a "350,000 for a total of 1,350,000" while listing Chromebook replacement; the transcript contains that apparent arithmetic summary and the board may seek clarification on whether the Chromebook cycle is funded from the capital appropriation or an additional allocation.
On nutrition, the presenter identified as "Miss Francis" said the school nutrition fund operates independently and projected revenues and expenses matching at $5,566,406 for FY2026‑27. She said labor and benefits account for 56% of the nutrition budget, student supplies 39% and overhead 5%, and described staffing shortages that force regular substitute use. The presenter said proposed district increases would be appreciated by the nutrition program if the board and county appropriation are approved.
Procedural note: presenters answered board questions and the board closed the budget hearings; no vote on the capital or nutrition budgets was recorded during the session.
Sources: capital and nutrition presentations to the Board of Education by Cameron Francis and the school nutrition presenter.
