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Superintendent reports steady finances, rising enrollment and federal funding allocations
Summary
At the Aug. 21 West Bath School Board meeting the superintendent told the board the district’s finances are tracking as expected, confirmed growing enrollment (including 17 kindergarten students), and outlined how Title I/II/IV and small local entitlement dollars will be used this school year.
The West Bath School Board heard a financial and operational update from Superintendent at its Aug. 21 meeting, where she said the district’s accounts are in good order early in the fiscal year and described modest year‑end adjustments likely to be handled during the audit.
“I should have brought that. I did not bring it,” the superintendent said when asked for detail on year‑end numbers, and later reported that the audit will reclassify some payments between fiscal years and that the district identified roughly $75,000 in items subject to adjustment and about $25,000 currently listed as carryforward, leaving an estimated remainder the superintendent described as approximately $50,000 until audit work is complete.
The superintendent also highlighted enrollment growth: “we have a new student, at least 1 new student at every grade level, and we have 17 students enrolled in kindergarten,” she said, noting that the district exited 12 fifth‑grade students but overall is trending up in enrollment.
On federal funds the superintendent presented a nonaction status report of the district’s plan: after allowable transfers the Title I allocation stands at roughly $28,000 for the year to support academically disadvantaged students; Title II (educator effectiveness) is shown at $2,500; Title IV (Well‑Rounded Education) at $600; and a small local entitlement allocation of $894 is earmarked for early‑childhood speech therapy. She explained the district uses transfers among titles to sustain staffing support and that universal free meals make exact disadvantaged counts—and therefore allocations—harder to determine.
The superintendent also reported facilities and program updates: final summer cleaning and building prep are complete, no major facilities projects moved forward this summer pending a larger roof project, the extended‑school‑year program ran successfully, and RMA in Brunswick will again operate the district’s before‑and‑after‑care program, transporting students between sites. She announced the district open house is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9 at 5:00 p.m.
Board members asked questions about the cleaning contractor’s start‑up performance and the superintendent said the vendor has been responsive, returned to correct issues and completed floor work twice. The superintendent characterized several budget items as routine and said there were currently no areas of immediate concern.
The board will receive finalized audit adjustments as they become available; the superintendent emphasized that several amounts cited are preliminary pending audit reclassification.
