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Board accepts donations, approves Title I grant and staff handbooks; finance report shows $881,150 in investment income
Summary
The Fairfield School Board accepted multiple donations for school programs, approved the 2025–26 Title I grant, and approved the 2026 classified handbook and fringe benefit guides. Chief financial officer reported $881,150.13 in investment income and fiscal indicators showing a 41.4% fund-balance metric.
The Fairfield School Board unanimously approved several routine business items, including acceptance of multiple donations, approval of the 2025–26 Title I grant and adoption of the 2026 classified employee handbook and classified fringe benefit guides.
Donations accepted (as read into the record) included: $500 from USI Insurance Service LLC to the corporation for a staff Christmas party; $1,000 from Inherara Credit Union; $1,000 from Newbie Lewis Kaminsky and Jones LLP; $2,000 from Garmin Miller; $5,000 from Karin Corinstra Family Foundation LP to support the Fairfield Junior–Senior High School winter percussion program; and anonymous gifts to high school teams ($2,500 and $1,000) and $1,200 to the FFA program. The board moved, seconded and approved acceptance of the listed donations unanimously.
Administration presented the 2025–26 Title I grant and budget. Staff noted the allocation for Title I was about $1,000 lower than the previous year and about $13,000 lower than two years ago; the delay in earlier approval was attributed to a federal shutdown that slowed processing. The board approved the Title I grant by unanimous vote.
On finance matters, Chief Financial Officer Dr. Ben presented monthly financials and reported encumbrance and cash figures for major funds and said the county issued a final budget order that set the district tax rate at 0.9505. The district reported invested interest income of $881,150.13 for the year; presenters described fund balances and revenue-by-type breakdowns and said the Distressed Unit Appeals Board (DAB) fiscal indicators show a healthy fund-balance metric of about 41.4% of expenditures.
Action items also included approval of a Millersburg Elementary sixth-grade out-of-state field trip to Camp Amigo (Sturdish, Michigan) on April 23, 2026; the board approved the trip unanimously.
The classified employee handbook and classified fringe benefits updates were presented as routine, reflecting updated expectations and benefits; the board approved both documents unanimously.
What the meeting record shows: Votes on these items were unanimous as read; specific procurement or expenditure authorizations tied to donations or grants were recorded in consent and action items. The meeting record cites policies and fund codes during the finance presentation; the investment policy (6144) was reviewed with no changes reported.
