Board Work Session 10/21/2026

The Stream Palisades Board Work Session on October 21, 2026, focused on projected financial impacts of school-building consolidation scenarios. The administration compared maintaining all five buildings with options to close one or two elementary buildings, shift grade configurations, revert to half-day kindergarten, or close the middle school. Estimates assumed no major renovations or expansions, no building sales or leases, and full position reductions rather than staff reassignment; utility costs included a 3% increase. The presentation cited annual operating costs of $72,000 for a regular school bus and $60,000 for a mini bus, while potential lease revenue of about $100,000 was excluded. The board discussed how staffing assumptions and class sizes could change the projected savings; no contract award, purchase, spending motion, or formal vote was identified.

Members discussed a draft community survey covering all five scenarios, including building capacity and staffing information. The administration was asked to prepare it promptly, with a target around October 26, and members discussed electronic access, paper copies or short links, and broad community distribution. No consolidation decision was made; building expansions, renovations, and property transactions remain outside the financial projections and undecided.