# 10/19/26 Board Of Education Meeting


**Body:** Springfield Spartans
**Date:** October 18, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Grants & Funding


The Springfield Local Board of Education meeting was held October 19, 2026. The board approved personnel items, including supplemental coaching contracts and science-of-reading training payments capped at $7,260, as well as agreements involving career-technical funding and Title I services for a district student attending a nonpublic school. It also approved a memorandum allowing the Village of Lakemore to use district technology resources for IT needs; no payment amount was stated. The board accepted donations, including $100 for the Don Wallace Scholarship Fund, $7,500 from Pence Brothers for Shropp Intermediate School-related purposes, and $27,048 from the athletic boosters for school athletic teams. These actions involved funding and agreements, but no competitive procurement, bid approval, or vendor contract award was identified.

The board also discussed a financial presentation about interest from a 2010 school construction bond: approximately $1.8 million had been recorded in the wrong account and was transferred to a restricted sinking-fund account. The presenter said no deposits were missed and no funds were lost; the district needs $11.26 million for a debt payment next September and is consulting bond counsel on use of remaining restricted funds. The board passed a resolution supporting the Springfield Township Fire Department’s 1.9-mill operating levy on the November 3 ballot. It also approved an eighth-grade Washington, D.C. trip and special-education model policies; no procurement actions were identified in those items.

**Source:** Springfield Spartans