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Trustees say CIP grants were not fully funded; discuss project priorities and next steps
Summary
A committee member told the Forsyth Public Schools trustees that recent capital improvement project (CIP) grant applications were not fully funded; members discussed prioritizing projects (bathrooms, painting) and next steps, noting grants will reopen in late summer and that the board will need strategic follow-up.
A committee member told Forsyth Public Schools trustees that none of the district's CIP grant applications were fully funded and urged follow-up discussion about priorities and potential project bundling.
"I do know that none of the grants were fully funded," the committee member said, and added that the board will need to discuss how to proceed and follow up; the member said a decision had been expected in June. The member said the district had hoped to fund bathrooms through one application but that funding for that scope was not approved, so the board had bundled some work (including painting) and was still searching for an appropriate building in which to carry out certain projects. The member estimated grant programs begin again in August or September but did not provide dollar amounts.
Another participant noted that Harden has new tennis courts and that Harden had previously turned down the board; the committee member and the chair characterized the likely downside as simply being told "no" when applying. The chair invited further discussion and then moved the meeting to the next agenda item; later the chair announced the board would enter executive session pursuant to Montana code 23 1 0 7.
The transcript does not record specific grant award amounts, formal direction to staff, or a board decision to pursue particular projects; it records questions and a request for follow-up.
