Elma School Board Mtg - Sept. 23, 2026

The Elma School District board meeting, identified in the title as Sept. 23, 2026, discussed several facilities and funding matters. Board members reviewed the district’s bleacher/stands project, for which blueprints had been paid for and a purchase order submitted, including a 30% deposit. They considered an approximately $88,000 change order to extend the sidewalls to ground level and add service access; members voiced support for the improvement, but no approval vote on the change order is recorded. The district said it had moved $2.1 million for the project and was awaiting word on a $200,000 grant, with additional state legislative funding also being pursued. The board also reviewed a modified site plan for soccer fields and grant requirements, and discussed future track and bathroom work and district asphalt and drainage needs estimated at about $4.5 million. No specific vendor award was recorded.

Other business included discussion of procedures for personal protection spray devices at school events, a transition-to-kindergarten program serving up to 16 students, and a proposed donation of a church property to the district through a three-party agreement. The board approved Elma boys basketball and Class of 2028 booster fundraisers and approved the 2026–27 EAA raise of IPD plus 1%.