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Regional School District 12 board hears finance report; members flag lost federal counselor funding and facilities work
Summary
Finance and operations updates noted roughly 17.2% of the budget remaining as of Dec. 31 and reported loss of federal grant funding that had supplied counselors via Ed Advance; boiler replacements at Washington Primary nearly complete and multiple personnel appointments and resignations were announced.
At the Jan. 12 meeting Regional School District 12 trustees received a finance and operations update noting the district had approximately 17.21% of its budget remaining as of Dec. 31 after prepaying some debt service.
Board member Alex Mcnautton reported the year‑to‑date figures and said the district was in a comparable position to last year. He told the board that some federal grants previously funding counselors had been pulled and that counselors placed through Ed Advance were no longer in place because that outside placement relied on federal grant funding that ended. A district staff member said the federal funding was reduced and that state funding intended to cover the shortfall (referenced in the meeting as roughly $829,000) remained uncertain.
Facility work was reported: one boiler at Washington Primary is installed and functioning, and a second was expected to be completed and connected to monitoring within the week; the district discussed a long‑range facilities plan described during the meeting as multi‑year (the transcript used both five‑ and ten‑year descriptors). The board also announced several hires (including Sarah Fay as orchestra director and other instructional and operations appointments) and recorded resignations effective Dec. 29 and Jan. 15.
Board members asked for clarity about a line item referenced as money returning to sending towns; the figure in the spoken record was unclear in the transcript. Finance staff said they would provide detailed budget documents and a follow‑up Friday update to confirm town apportionments and to finalize the preliminary budget before it is presented to the three sending towns.
What happens next: Staff will publish a Friday update on calendar alignment with sending districts and provide clearer budget numbers and next steps on counselor funding and facilities planning.
