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Annette Island School District board reviews FY‑27 first reading, approves consent agenda and technology upgrades
Summary
Board members approved the consent agenda, heard Director Ashley Scott present a budget revision and the FY‑27 first reading, and reviewed recent technology upgrades including a Gentek server for surveillance footage and a partial Zoom license rollout. Action items including several MOAs and vehicle purchases were approved.
At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Annette Island School District board amended and approved its agenda, approved the consent agenda and moved forward on several action items after hearing financial and operational reports from Director of Business and Finance Ashley Scott.
Ashley Scott told trustees that through the end of February “we had expensed 60% of our general fund budget,” and said the district submitted administrative paperwork for 2025 including W‑2s and ACA forms and is finalizing corrective action from a recent food‑service administrative review. She reported the district’s checking and sweep balances in the low millions and said activity fee payments are about 50% collected.
The finance presentation included a first budget revision for the current year and the FY‑27 first reading. Scott said the revision true‑ups reflect realized savings and updated cost projections: “We were a little more realistic in the student travel lines with what we are seeing this year,” she said, noting higher flight costs have increased travel budgets. Scott told the board to expect at least one more budget revision before the fiscal year ends.
Board members also heard details about recent technology work. Scott said the district purchased a Gentek server to store surveillance camera feeds and has migrated 28 of 51 Zoom licenses to classroom displays. She thanked Phoenix/TechOps and vendor Convergence for installation work and said Convergence’s support agreement runs through December; the district will evaluate whether to purchase ongoing support.
On action items, a board member moved to approve items 6.1–6.13, which the motion listed as first readings of budgets, personnel contracts for FY‑27 (both certificated and exempt) and multiple memoranda of agreement. The motion also covered a professional‑services contract with CERC for planned CIP projects and authorization to purchase two vehicles funded from the capital improvement fund, described in the motion as totaling $48,000.825. The board approved the motion ("Motion carries").
The meeting included updates about facilities work: Trane completed boiler work and a generator installation is planned for the CTE and facilities buildings this summer; the board was told water‑line replacement and structural CIP projects are being scoped for an early‑September application.
The board scheduled follow‑up work sessions to review budget details and other items; the chair moved to adjourn at 5:00 p.m., and the meeting adjourned with unanimous voice votes.
What happens next: trustees will receive a subsequent budget revision and the FY‑27 second reading, and staff will return with finalized corrective actions on the food‑service review and details on any ongoing technology support contract.
