Waverly School District 145 board approves $100,000 meal-fund transfer, tax-request change and policy revisions

Waverly School District 145 Board of Education members voted unanimously Nov. 3 to move $100,000 from the district’s General Fund into the Hot Lunch fund, approve a change in the district’s 2025–26 tax request tied to updated Lancaster County valuation figures, and accept revisions to policy 4740 and table 6420.

The $100,000 transfer was approved on a motion by Cole Stark, seconded by Larry Adams. The motion passed 6-0. Board members did not discuss dollar-level alternatives on the public record at the time of the vote.

The board also approved a change in the district’s tax request for the 2025–26 budget to reflect new valuation information provided by Lancaster County. John Cooper moved the change; Scott Claycomb seconded. The vote was unanimous. The transcript records the board’s action to update the tax request but does not specify the revised rate or the new valuation figures.

Separately, the board approved revisions to policy 4740 and to table 6420 on a motion by John Cooper and a second by Cole Stark. The motion passed 6-0. The transcript does not include the text of the policy changes or the board’s discussion of their substance.

Several routine financial housekeeping items—fund balances, fund claims and acceptance of donations—were included in the consent agenda the board approved earlier in the meeting. The consent agenda also contained numerous personnel items (resignations, terminations, hires and extra-duty assignments); those items were approved as presented.

The board convened a closed session later in the meeting for matters allowed under state statute and adjourned at 8:22 p.m.