Raymond School Budget Hearing and Annual Meeting

Raymond School District #14’s budget hearing and annual meeting, dated August 18, 2026, covered the 2026–27 budget, staffing, facilities planning, and district finances. The district projected about $5.6 million in revenue and $5.9 million in expenditures, with enrollment budgeted at 385 students. The annual-meeting levy resolution set a tax levy of $2,940,278; the transcript does not clearly capture the vote on that resolution. The district reported restoring two staff positions to full time and adding a half-time special education teacher. No individual capital purchase over $5,000 was budgeted for the year, while facilities work and a feasibility task force remain ongoing.

The annual-meeting portion recorded votes on resolutions that included maintaining board-member salaries, providing a school food-service program, and authorizing the purchase, operation, and maintenance of pupil transportation vehicles and related liability insurance or financing contracts. No vendor award or new procurement contract was identified. Discussion also covered a $500 monthly Clockworks service, energy-grant-related lighting work, and questions about school-food-service accounting and a $104,000 capital balance; no spending action on those items was recorded. The next annual meeting was set for August 16, 2027, at 6 p.m.