January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  The monthly expenditures is presented for the Board of Trustee review in the Revenue and Expenditures Report and the Check Register in the Financial Update Section.

Description:  Administration requests approval of the amended budget:
General Fund: 
This amendment includes the following expense increases and transfers:

• Function 36:   All state Band Travel for staff & students - $2,244
• Function 41:  CFO Salary Feb - Jun $75,929
• Functions 11, 12 & 31:  Transfer between functions for FAA and Counseling
• Function 51:  Vehicles for Maintenance and Operations $250,000 from Construction Fund Balance
• Function 51:  Forklift for Maintenance and Operations $50,000 from Construction Fund Balance

This amendment increases the deficit budget by $328,173, resulting in a projected year-end deficit of $2,818,018.

 

Description:  Changes at Update 126 are based almost exclusively on legislation from the 89th Regular Legislative Session. Please note that documents provided in the legal framework are not adopted by the board. Unless otherwise noted, references to legislative bills throughout these explanatory notes refer to Senate Bills (SB), House Bills (HB), or House Concurrent Resolutions (HCR) from the 89th Regular Legislative Session. All referenced bills have already gone into effect unless otherwise noted. 

Description:  In December Liberty, FAA, BHE and West purchased $24,508.06 worth of reading software from HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
We need an additional $9532.29 for North which takes it over $25K.

Description:  The WSISD Child Nutrition Department currently participates in the Region 10 ESC Multi-Region Purchasing Cooperative (R10MRPC) and intends to continue using this purchasing cooperative for the 2026-2027 school year.

Prior to the 2025-2026 school year, the WSISD Child Nutrition staff actively explored R10MRPC, attending their food show, meeting with vendors, and arranging taste testing at Brewer Middle School and Blue Haze Elementary to engage students in menu choices. In the 2025-2026 school year R10MRPC expanded product availability and accessibility, allowing student-centric choices, and providing substitutions that will better utilize USDA funding.

R10MRPC is self-funded through a Vendor Participation Fee and there is no cost to the district for membership and participation.
 

Description:  At the December 15^th, 2025, regular board meeting, the board approved Advantage USAA and Tri-Lam Roofing as the vendors to replace the roofs at Brewer High School, Brewer Middle School, & Liberty Elementary at a total cost of $3,100,300. This cost did not include payment and performance bonds which are required for this project.

The additional cost for the payment and performance bonds will be $40,020, bringing the total project cost to $3,140,320. This project will be paid from insurance proceeds received for roof damage claims.
 

Description:  The Other Revenues Investment Policy - CDA (Local) outlines the framework for the management and investment of district funds, ensuring compliance with the Public Funds Investment Act (PFIA).

As per legal requirements, this policy must be reviewed and approved by the School Board annually. The last update was approved on November 17, 2020, and there have been no changes to the policy since that date.

The district is also required to inform the board of any legislative changes under the PFIA. No updates to the legislation have been enacted since 2019.

Investment Officer Training:
Kim Alexander, the District’s Investment Officer, has completed the required training hours in compliance with PFIA standards.