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Superintendent budget review postponed after wrong worksheet; apparent Yak School levy prompts county review
Summary
Lincoln County delayed the superintendent of schools 2026–27 budget review on May 18 after attendees discovered the packet contained the wrong worksheet and flagged an apparent unnotified 7.63-mill permissive levy at Yak School; county staff said they will check elections records and paperwork.
Lincoln County officials recessed a scheduled review of the superintendent of schools’ 2026–27 budget on May 18 after the meeting packet contained the wrong worksheet and staff identified unexplained line-item variances.
The superintendent of schools opened the segment by handing out her draft budget and saying, “Hey. So before you you have my budget for the 2627 year.” Board members immediately questioned higher-than-expected postage and printing costs — which the superintendent said were tied to homeschool mailings and spelling-bee materials — and asked her to follow up with county staff (referred to in the discussion as "Wendy") to reconcile coding.
The review was interrupted when members discovered the wrong budget sheet in the packet. The chair recessed the meeting to obtain the correct worksheet and announced the superintendent’s budget would be rescheduled because the county finance office was closed and the right documents were not available.
Separately, attendees raised what they described as an unrecognized permissive (district) levy at Yak School that had not been factored into the district’s submitted budget. The amount cited during the meeting was $9,366.37, described as a 7.63-mill levy set for five years; participants said county finance staff and the county treasurer had not been notified. Board members instructed staff to research election records and any supporting paperwork to determine how the levy was processed or recorded.
Board members also discussed other line-item questions — including travel, contract services and an account labeled 'LAM 334' (described in the meeting as tax law and other services) — and asked the superintendent to confirm the proper coding. The superintendent said she would follow up and noted she currently lacked access to the county’s Black Mountain system to check some entries.
The board recessed to retrieve the correct documents and said it would reschedule the superintendent’s budget review for a later date after staff had time to verify the worksheets and reconcile the reported levy.
