August 11th, 2026 - Board of Operations Committee Meeting

District 300’s Board of Operations Committee met August 11, 2026, to review financial reports, procurement items, and the FY2027 tentative budget. Administration recommended a second extension of the Murnane copy-paper contract, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $45,000, and a one-year Cassandra Strings instrument contract extension for September 2026–August 2027; both vendors agreed to hold pricing. Technology renewals included MHC document management at $52,760.44 (a 9% increase), Avanti licenses for two years at $71,060, VMware at $46,620, and KnowBe4 at $40,618.89. The committee also received a disposal report for obsolete technology and furniture, and a donation report. The transcript does not record votes on these items.

The tentative FY2027 budget projects $414.1 million in revenue and $437.1 million in expenditures, a planned deficit of roughly $23 million; the board was asked to authorize public display of the budget, with a hearing scheduled for September 30. Capital planning included 12 projects estimated at $4.3 million for summer 2027, against a $4 million FY2027–28 maintenance allocation in the master facility plan. A change order for completed emergency retaining-wall and tennis-court soil-stabilization work at Jacobs High School was presented for approval because it exceeded 10%; no dollar amount or vote is captured. A developer also requested a property-tax revenue-sharing arrangement of up to $4.5 million over a period extending up to 10 years for a proposed Gilberts development; no decision is recorded in the excerpt.