TRSB Meeting 10/15/2026

The Timberlane Regional School Board meeting on October 15, 2026, included several spending and procurement matters. The board unanimously approved increasing the substitute paraeducator daily rate from $115 to $123.90, maintaining the $17.70 hourly rate; the estimated fiscal-year impact was approximately $3,650. It also unanimously approved an annual HVAC filter replacement contract with FilterBuy Inc. for $22,634.24. The board approved a $1.8 million list of proposed FY2028 capital improvement projects for consideration in the budget process: high school bathroom upgrades ($500,000), athletic storage ($600,000), district CMU wall repairs ($100,000), and high school window/envelope work and an air-handler replacement. This was a planning approval, not final authorization of each project’s expenditure; one board member opposed the CIP motion. The athletic storage project may qualify for a 50% Land and Water Conservation Fund reimbursement, but funding is not guaranteed and would require the district to pay costs upfront.

The high school envelope project was discussed but deferred pending revised pricing and answers to cost questions; the facilities committee planned to revisit it on October 28, with work anticipated for summer 2027. The board approved an overnight student-council conference trip for November 12–13, with students paying their own costs, and discussed reviewing policy to potentially delegate routine trip approvals. Other fiscal topics included the September budget-to-actual report, a new statutory requirement for a separate SAU budget and public hearing, and the potential effects of a proposed tax cap. No procurement action was taken on those broader budget discussions.