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Board approves 2026–27 budget and multiple resolutions, accepts donations and routine facility requests
Summary
The Sullivan County School District board approved final adoption of the 2026–27 budget and multiple committee recommendations, including two resolutions, equipment liquidation, facility use for a health fair, and a graduation-requirements change to 24 credits for 2026–27.
At its regular meeting, the Sullivan County School District board approved a slate of finance and committee recommendations, including final approval of the 2026–27 budget, adoption of two resolutions and several routine administrative items.
The finance committee recommended final approval of the 2026–27 budget as presented; the transcript’s numeric total is not reliably transcribed and is therefore not specified here. The board moved, seconded and approved the budget that evening.
The board approved resolution 2026-2A (an amended homestead/farmstead exclusion) after a roll-call vote. The finance committee also moved to authorize use of committed funds under resolution 2026-3; the transcript records the roll call and reports the result as six yes, one no, and the motion passed. The transcript references an amount for that authorization (appearing as $264,529 in the record).
The board accepted a $1,000 donation earmarked for the Class of 2028 and approved an international group travel coverage policy for 2026–27; the administration stated the district will be reimbursed by the trip sponsor, identified in the transcript as Natalie McDonald. The athletics and extracurricular committee recommended payment for championship jackets for girls varsity cross country and boys basketball; that recommendation was approved.
Buildings & Grounds items approved included a facilities request to host the Sullivan County Health Fair Oct. 16–17, 2026 (use of gyms, cafeterias and classrooms), liquidation of obsolete equipment (24 smartboards, 9 TVs, 12 projectors, 11 printers and 480 Chromebooks) and adding $9,310 for seal coating to a sewer-plant operations renovation to be paid from the capital projects fund.
The Curriculum and Student Activities committee’s recommendation to change graduation requirements to 24 credits effective for the 2026–27 school year was approved. Several committee items were combined and approved by motion as noted in the meeting record.
Where the transcript did not record a named mover or seconder, the record shows motions as moved and seconded without attribution. Roll-call results and tallies are included where the transcript reports them.
