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Board adopts FY25 budget revision, approves FY26 assumptions and advances multiple policy updates
Summary
The board unanimously approved the FY25 budget revision, adopted FY26 budget assumptions to guide next year's spending plan, and approved third readings of meeting schedule and other board policy updates. Administration cited enrollment/OASIS corrections, grant carryovers, and personnel-driven expense changes as the drivers of the revision.
The board unanimously approved a revision to the FY25 budget after business manager Jeremy summarized October actuals and grant reimbursements. Key revenue changes included OASIS enrollment updates that increased state aid (plus a one-time BSA-like adjustment noted by administration), roughly $330,000 in E-rate receipts, and literacy grant carryover adjustments. On the expense side most changes were personnel-driven: staffing changes (new principals, teaching assistants, part-time clerks), contracted special-education services for PEAK, and the defunding of an open nurse position contingent on hiring.
Administration also earmarked $180,000 to refresh vehicle fleet and $25,000 for technology infrastructure repairs; the revision left a modest projected surplus just under $200,000 and a carryover estimate exceeding $2 million, which administration said it would reduce through timing shifts and targeted spending before year-end.
The board then considered FY26 budget assumptionsa status-quo staffing baseline, conservative peak enrollment (800) used for state funding calculations, and continued pursuit of capital projects (e.g., septic/leach-field replacement). The assumptions were adopted unanimously and will guide the drafting of next year's detailed budget.
On policy, the board completed third readings and adopted language adjusting meeting rotation and procedural clarifications for budget readings and site rotation. Board members asked a variety of technical clarifying questions about health screenings and notifications before voting.
