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Park Rapids board approves FY2025 and FY2026 budgets and accepts FY25 audit
Summary
The Park Rapids Area School Board approved district revenues and expenditures budgets for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and accepted the FY25 audit at its Nov. 18 meeting. The actions were moved by Morgan and seconded by Kocka; the board also approved consent items and several personnel transactions.
The Park Rapids Area School Board voted Nov. 18 to approve the district revenues and expenditures budgets for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and to accept the FY25 audit report. Board member Morgan moved the budget and audit actions and Kocka seconded; the motions carried as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Superintendent Lance Bagstad thanked Business Manager Kent Fritze and his team for their work on the audit, and Fritze told the board staff are preparing a formal budget for the board to review in December before final adoption. The board approved routine consent items earlier in the meeting, including payments for November 2025, minutes from the Nov. 3 working board meeting, a resolution supporting an application to the MSHSL Foundation, resignations (including a junior-high softball coach and a high-school custodian), several new hires and one volunteer coach.
The audit presentation was handled by a representative from CliftonLarsonAllen, who was introduced to the board before the approval. The meeting packet and board minutes list the audit approval without additional qualifications; the business office will continue follow-up work related to budgeting and reporting.
Board members also reviewed enrollment and a set of community donations acknowledged at the meeting. The board is scheduled to continue budget work at upcoming meetings and will take any remaining formal steps as required by district policy.
