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Wenden Elementary District board adopts FY2027 budget, approves handbooks and open enrollments
Summary
At its July 14, 2026 regular meeting, the Wenden Elementary District Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the FY2027 expenditure budget and approved routine items including the employee and student handbooks, two open-enrollment applications, and the district's Fiscal FY27 General Statement of Assurance.
Board Chair Kimberly Petrea called the Wenden Elementary District Board of Trustees to order at 5:30 p.m. on July 14, 2026 and the board conducted a routine agenda of administrative and compliance items.
The board adopted the FY2027 Expenditure Budget on a motion by Board Member Cynthia Isaac, seconded by Board Member Siera Thornton; the minutes record the motion as approved 4-0. The adoption completes the district's budget process for the upcoming school year and authorizes spending per the FY2027 plan as presented to the board.
The board also approved two open-enrollment applications for the 2026-2027 school year (listed in the minutes as Student C and Student D). Kelly Stacy moved to approve the open-enrollment applications; Siera Thornton seconded and the motion was recorded as approved 4-0.
On personnel and student policies, the board unanimously approved the Wenden Elementary School Employee Handbook and the Student Handbook for 2026-2027. The Employee Handbook was approved on a motion by Ms. Thornton, seconded by Ms. Isaac; the Student Handbook was approved following a motion by Mr. Stacy, seconded by Ms. Thornton. Both motions are recorded as approved 4-0 in the official minutes.
The board approved the Fiscal FY27 General Statement of Assurance (motion by Ms. Thornton; seconded by Ms. Isaac), recorded as approved 4-0. The minutes list this as a formal compliance action for the district's fiscal year submission.
Board members reviewed and signed the Board Member Conflict of Interest policy (Policy BCB, Exhibit BCB-E) as an administrative item; the minutes note the review and signatures without indicating a policy change. The board also requested an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for cafeteria services be placed on a future agenda.
Superintendent Gloria Dean's administrative report was listed as "None" in the minutes, and there were no public comments during Call to the Public. The board tentatively set the next regular meeting for Tuesday, August 17, 2026, at 5:30 p.m., and Chair Petrea moved to adjourn the meeting at 5:48 p.m.
The minutes record each vote as approved 4-0 for the motions noted above; the minutes do not include additional deliberation or recorded dissent on the items approved.
