CCSD Board of Education Meeting 10/6/26

The Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education’s regular business meeting was held October 6, 2026. The board approved two grants included in the consent agenda: just over $2,000 for mindfulness and movement materials for the Roaring Brook kindergarten team, and $2,500 for a Cricut cutting machine and high-resolution printer for Robert Bell Middle School. It also approved the purchasing-and-bidding consent agenda (items 11.1–11.3) and facilities change orders (items 12.1–12.2); the transcript did not provide details, vendors, or amounts for those items. The consent agenda also included establishment of a new academic booster group. No specific contract awards or bids were described.

The external audit presentation reported general-fund revenues of about $143.9 million against a $141.9 million budget, and an ending fund balance of about $20.6 million, including $5.6 million unassigned (about 3.8% of the following year’s budget, within the state’s 4% limit). The district’s current budget uses $2.3 million of fund balance for property-tax relief; a previously voter-authorized $1.2 million transfer from a capital reserve supported a capital project. The superintendent said the district may review and pilot elementary science curriculum options, with potential selection and budget discussion for next year. The board also approved first readings of several policies, but no policy change directly altering procurement was adopted.