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Board receives preliminary 2026–27 budget; activities and gate‑fee changes remain unresolved
Summary
The board received the district’s preliminary budget for 2026–27, with staff noting corrections to per‑pupil counts, carryover adjustments and a blank activities budget pending further review. Staff proposed increasing adult gate fees to $10 and lowering student prices to $5; long‑range projections include no base wage increases in later years but assume health insurance increases.
The board received the 2026–27 preliminary budget and discussed several line‑item clarifications and unresolved items.
Staff presented updates: changes to counselor and principal columns, corrected per‑pupil counts and resulting carryover adjustments. The activities budget remained incomplete and ‘‘all blank at the bottom,’’ staff said, because officials are still determining variable costs such as referee pay and high‑attendances for particular sports.
To offset costs and encourage student attendance, staff proposed raising adult gate fees to $10 and student tickets to $5; the board indicated such changes will be brought forward for formal approval. Staff also noted multi‑year projections that currently assume no base wage increases after 2026–27 but include a 15% per‑year health insurance increase in illustrative years beyond the next fiscal year.
Board members asked about the effect of activities transfers on carryover and expressed concern about the budgetary outlook in out years. Staff said they will provide more detailed activity budgets and updated carryover figures, and the board voted to receive the preliminary budget for information.
The receipt of the preliminary budget does not finalize appropriations; staff will return with targeted activity budgets and any formal fee proposals for board approval before next fiscal year implementation.
