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The board approved revised policies 5102 and 5108 (budgeting/emergency authority and FAC operations), ratified previous meeting minutes, approved December financials and internal accounts, and authorized the district's electronic choice lottery and several field trips.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
The Appoquinimink board approved final construction documents for the Summit Campus middle and high school complex and authorized the documents to be released for bidding. The design includes a three-story high school, middle school, shared performing-arts center, field house and special-education spaces.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
The board recognized community donors, honored a constable for a campus safety response, presented BeatsMaker staff awards and celebrated students selected for Delaware All-State Band, Orchestra and Jazz ensembles.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
The Appoquinimink School District board approved the fiscal year 2026 final budget after administrators warned the district must remain in "austerity mode" to protect carryover amid uncertain tax receipts, rising special-education costs and the possible loss of midyear unit-count funding.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
Consultants told the Appoquinimink School District board that miscoded expenses and payroll-projection mistakes produced multi‑million-dollar shortfalls and recommended system-generated monthly reports, multilevel sign-offs and carryover targets of $5.0M (operating) and $4.5M (tuition) to prevent recurrence.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
The Appoquinimink board approved routine business including Dec. 16 minutes, the November monthly financial report, internal accounts report, two overnight trips, two construction contracts and an amended personnel report making a director appointment permanent.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
Rebecca Feathers presented the first reading of the proposed 2026–27 Appoquinimink school calendar, including orientation dates, start dates staggered by grade, assessment days and public comment deadlines; board members asked the committee to consider an extra school day the week before winter break and to solicit public input.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
District staff presented Summer Academy dates and special-education expansions (ESY and 12-month programming), reported LCCE counts (16 at AHS, 34 at MHS, total 50), and described site, transportation and cost considerations for scaling programs across high schools.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
Superintendent Matt Burrows told the Appoquinimink School District board the Summit Bridge Middle and Summit High School projects are roughly $57 million underfunded under the state construction formula, listing FY2027–29 gaps and urging legislators to secure market-pressure funds to avoid pauses or building only one school.
Delaware / School Districts / Appoquinimink School District
Director of finance presented November 2025 revenue and expenditure figures, described austerity measures and a projected $4.8M carryover, and publicly corrected a data-entry error about a homeless-funding line; the board approved the monthly financial report.