October 22, 2026 Selah School Board Business Meeting.

The Selah School District Board held its business meeting on October 22, 2026. The board discussed the 2027 levy certification and the upcoming levy renewal. District staff recommended rolling the 2027 collection back to the advertised rate of $1.65 per $1,000 of assessed value, reducing projected collections from about $6.2 million to $5.4 million—a decrease of approximately $766,000. Board members expressed support for the rollback and for communicating it to taxpayers, but no formal vote was taken; certification is expected to return for action next month. The board also began planning the renewal proposal, discussing a four-year term, election timing, assessed-value assumptions, and levy amounts, with further decisions planned for November.

The board approved the consent agenda, excluding Policy 4300, which was pulled for further discussion. Consent items included a revised facility-use fee schedule that separately accounts for turf-field maintenance and staff costs; the district described a $750 turf-field use charge, with discounted use fees for some groups based on the share of district students participating. The board asked staff to publicize the schedule and its classifications. Payroll and goods-and-services claims for October were presented without specific procurement highlights in the transcript. No contract awards, RFP selections, or purchasing approvals were identified. The board also discussed the superintendent’s intent to retire at the end of the year, with a successor search and possible outside support to be planned later.