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Sto‑Rox board advances budget reallocations, approves facilities, vendors and program purchases
Summary
At an April agenda‑review meeting, the Sto‑Rox School District board reviewed financial reports, authorized line‑item consolidations and transfers to avoid negative balances, and approved a slate of facility requests, donations and vendor agreements including security camera work and Lifetouch photo contracts.
The Sto‑Rox School District Board of Directors reviewed monthly financial reports and approved a package of budget adjustments and operational items at its April agenda‑review meeting.
Business manager Mr. Reed presented the district’s monthly payables, balance sheet and budget‑to‑actual reports, noting local revenues were about 96% of projections for the year while state and federal receipts were approximately 71% of expected totals. Reed said the business office is preparing a proposed final budget for the 2026–27 school year and working with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit on a new financial management system. He also told the public the district is working with the solicitor and a buyer’s counsel to close a pending property sale.
To ensure accounts do not show negative balances and to align spending with actual activity, the board authorized a set of line‑item consolidations and transfers. The package includes a $55,714 transfer from alternative education tuition to adjudicated placed programs and a $500,000 reallocation from regular education tuition to multiple accounts, including natural gas for buildings, substitute teacher services and general supplies. A board member asked for clarification on the transfers; Reed said the changes are intended to “ensure funds are available to cover spending in line items being used for 25‑26 billing purposes.”
The board also approved several operations items and vendor agreements. It accepted an anonymous donation of an air‑hockey/ping‑pong table for a PBIS game room; approved an invoice to 415 Secure LLC for open‑gate security cameras under the PCC safety security grant (which includes metal detectors and K‑12 printing program work); and ratified facility requests for community events, a proposed H&R Block commercial filming, and food service for a downtown production. Lifetouch photo agreements to supply student portraits and yearbook services for the high school, primary center and elementary schools were approved for next year.
On co‑curricular matters the board ratified a field‑trip matrix that included multiple student outings and approved rentals and contracts for prom and graduation sound and seating. The board also approved a summer credit‑recovery program and several educational service agreements and curriculum adoptions described elsewhere on the agenda.
No roll‑call vote tallies were included in the meeting transcript for these approvals; the record shows each item presented and then approved by the board during the non‑consent portion of the agenda.
What happens next: The business office will finalize the proposed 2026–27 budget for presentation at the May board meeting and proceed with the documented vendor work and facility uses approved by the board.
