# November 9, 2026 Board Work Session


**Body:** SaintJosephSchools
**Date:** November 08, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


Saint Joseph Schools Board work session, November 9, 2026: The board reviewed DLR Group’s facilities-planning and community-engagement findings amid projected operating deficits beginning in FY2028, including a forecasted $6.4 million deficit. Discussion focused on possible middle-school consolidation, staffing and operating-cost reductions, facility condition and capacity, and equity considerations. No consolidation decision was made; the board discussed holding a public hearing on November 16. Administration was asked to provide estimated savings and staffing impacts while protecting individual employee identities, and to follow up on demographic and student-need data. DLR Group’s final planning materials and interactive dashboard were still in progress. The board also discussed a 5% reduction target for purchase services and supplies and a longer-term operating fund-balance goal of 20–30%.

Procurement- and funding-related items included a three-year agreement reserving the Civic Arena for wrestling events; officials said event entry fees would cover the cost and generate a surplus, but no dollar amount was stated. The board received an update on the Coleman Main Power Distribution project: Pinnacle Electric had previously been selected through an RFP, and code changes requiring newer GFI breakers may put the project over its original budget. The session also presented a civics registration grant and a Missouri rural healthcare funding proposal to support crisis-prevention and de-escalation training. The agenda was approved 6–1; no new contract award or grant approval was recorded in the available transcript.

**Source:** SaintJosephSchools