26 07 27 Board Meeting

The Columbia School District board business meeting and FY 2026–27 budget hearing, dated August 14, 2026, reported that the bleacher renovation and middle-school water project were essentially complete. Two bleacher seats were still awaiting a bracket; the district noted about $18,000 in installation-related funds to be returned to athletic teams. The board reviewed financial reports and the proposed budget, including $17,587,702 in General Fund expenditures and $490,830 for the Transportation Vehicle Fund. The district projects spending about $193,000 annually from that fund for bus purchases, subject to updated longer-term depreciation figures. The board unanimously approved Resolution 2526-06 for the next fiscal year’s budget; the four-year projections were presented, but no separate vote on them is clear in the transcript.

The board also noted that the district is in the final year of its Sodexo food-service contract renewal and expects to begin work on a new food-service management bid around the middle of the next school year. Amazon Web Services rented the high school commons under the district’s facility-use policy for a community open house; the district said the event was not district-sponsored. The meeting also included school performance and attendance updates, with no additional procurement action clearly recorded.