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Board hears staff warn substitute and maintenance budgets may be insufficient
Summary
Officials cut substitute-budget growth from $500,000 to $200,000 but warned that $200,000 may still be too low; maintenance needs include temporary chillers costing about $20,000 per month and a $1,000,000 capital request to replace chillers next year.
Administrators told the board they reduced a proposed substitute budget increase from $500,000 to $200,000 but cautioned the $200,000 figure "may be a reasonable nudge amount" and could still leave the district short. Ken Love said the district had spent about $2,098,000 on substitutes so far this year and that the final total will depend on absences and unforeseen events.
Maintenance needs were raised as a separate pressure on the operating budget. Love told the board that two of three HVAC chillers at the high school have failed and the district is operating leased temporary chillers that cost about $20,000 a month; he said a $1,000,000 capital replacement request appears in the proposal for the coming year. He also identified a $13,000 replacement for an innovation bus air conditioner.
