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Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt board approves 2026–27 budget, contracts and curricular addition
Summary
The board approved the final 2026–27 budget and appropriation resolution, a package of administrator and teacher contracts, a consolidated federal grant application submission, and a new Western Colorado University dual-enrollment Math 105 course; several coaching assignments were approved with one or more recusals noted.
At its June meeting the Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt board approved a slate of routine but consequential fiscal and personnel items including the final 2026–27 budget and an appropriation resolution, several personnel contracts, grant-application authority and a curricular addition.
Budget and appropriations: The board approved the final 2026–27 budget and the related appropriation resolution as presented in the packet. Board members said there were no substantive changes since the packet version (one typographical error on a highlights page was noted). The district reported May cash flow of just over $5 million in tax receipts with expenditures slightly below projection.
Contracts and personnel: The board approved administrator contracts (new principals listed in the packet) and approved probationary and nonprobationary teacher appointments and special-service-provider contracts for the coming year. The board also approved middle-school volunteer coaching assignments and a package of high-school assistant-coach appointments, excluding one head-coach-dependent position (track and field), which the board asked to revisit; the record shows one or more board recusals during the volunteer-coach approvals and during at least one other vote.
Grants and curriculum: The board authorized administration to submit the district’s annual consolidated federal grant application for Title funds and approved adding Western Colorado University’s Math 105 (three-credit) course to the curriculum; Sabre, the teacher who will deliver the class, explained that students must pass Western’s final to earn college credit and that the district may still award a district grade even if a student does not earn Western credit.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): minutes approved (motion carried on roll call); consent agenda approved (motion carried); Math 105 curriculum approved (motion carried); July 22 special meeting added (motion carried); 2026–27 budget and appropriation resolution approved (motion carried); consolidated grant application permission approved (motion carried); administrator and teacher contracts approved (motion carried); middle-school volunteer coaches approved (motion carried; at least one recusal recorded); high-school assistant-coach package approved excluding track (motion carried; recusal recorded). The meeting record lists roll-call affirmations for each motion and records motions as carried; where recusals occurred the record shows those recusal statements on the floor.
Ending: The board completed the business portion of its agenda, identified follow-ups for personnel recruiting (assistant-principal postings) and removed a June 30 placeholder date from the calendar. The board adjourned with summer remarks and a reminder of upcoming local meetings.
