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Mapleton board adopts FY26 closeout, sets FY27 temporary budget and accepts $18,160 in donations
Summary
The Mapleton Local School District Board accepted the May financial report, approved final FY26 appropriations and FY27 temporary appropriations at 80% of FY26 spending, and accepted $18,160 in May donations including six pole vault poles valued at $5,000.
At its June 8, 2026 meeting the Mapleton Local School District Board of Education approved several budget and operational items, including final fiscal-year 2026 appropriations, temporary appropriations for fiscal 2027 set at 80% of FY26 actual expenditures plus encumbrances, acceptance of the May financial report, and acceptance of donor contributions totaling $18,160.
Board action: Board member Kathy Goon moved to accept the May 2026 financial report; Vince Hartzler seconded and the motion carried. The board later approved final appropriations for FY26 and authorized the Treasurer to make necessary adjustments to close the fiscal year, and approved FY27 Temporary Appropriations at 80% of FY26 actual expenditures plus outstanding encumbrances (motioned by Fred Hartzler, seconded by Vince Hartzler). The minutes record all of these motions as carried.
Donations and in-kind gifts: the board accepted donor support for May 2026 totaling $18,160. Notable items listed in the minutes include a $4,600 donation from the Mapleton Athletic Boosters for boys baseball and an in-kind donation from John Kochenderfer of six pole vault poles valued at $5,000. Other donors recorded include Ashland University ($400 tuition reimbursement fund), Ohio State Eagles ($500 STEAM), ACCF ($1,000 student council), VFW Ohio Charities ($3,000 prom donation) and several individual and organizational prom donations.
Policy and operational items: the board approved the first reading of four policies — 6.09 Preventing Chronic Absenteeism; 6.19 Code of Student Conduct; 7.05 Remediation/Intervention Program for Reading Skills; and 8.11 Credit Card Policy. Board members also discussed moving regular meetings to the second Thursday at 4:30 p.m. for the remainder of 2026, confirmed final generator testing by CAT with the generator working, and noted a request from a board member to begin recording meetings.
Why it matters: the budget motions set the district’s near-term spending ceiling and the temporary-appropriations policy (80% of FY26) provides a short-term control mechanism while FY27 budgets are finalized. Donor contributions provide supplemental funding and equipment for student activities.
Next steps: the Treasurer was authorized to make year-end adjustments for FY26; proposed meeting-date changes were listed for July–December 2026 and will be implemented if confirmed by the board.
