Board of Education: Penfield Central Schools -- 10.06.2026

The Penfield Central School District Board of Education meeting on October 6, 2026, included approval of three change orders, each for a few thousand dollars, for Phase 3 of the 2021 capital project. The board also accepted the annual external audit, conducted by Mangel, Mc… & Barr and Raymond F. Wager, CPAs (vendor names are unclear in the transcript), and approved three service agreements that exceeded the district’s $20,000 approval threshold: fitness services with the University of Rochester, services with Finger Lakes Clinical Associates, and music therapy services with Music Can Help. The board also considered building-configuration resolutions, including adding a UPK program at Scribner for 2026–27.

The auditor reported an unmodified opinion and no material weaknesses. The district noted that fund balance fell from about $52 million to $39 million, primarily due to planned use of capital reserves; it also used more than $4.9 million in other available funds for a capital project instead of issuing debt and plans to apply about $2.1 million of fund balance to next year’s tax levy. Corrective actions were discussed after the district could not document newspaper publication of a capital-project bid notice; the district will create a checklist to prevent a recurrence. A separate payroll-control correction involves creating overtime earning codes. The audit discussion highlighted the importance of required public bid notices for future capital-project procurements.