Rome CSD BOE Meeting 11/9/26

The Rome City School District Board of Education met on November 9, 2026. Procurement- and funding-related discussion centered on the 2026 capital improvement project referendum, scheduled for December 8, with a public information session planned for November 17. Board members encouraged community participation and discussed livestreaming the session. They noted that Proposition 2, which includes the grandstand, can proceed only if Proposition 1 passes; no project contract award or detailed project budget approval was recorded. The board approved appointments of election workers and a pool clerk for the vote and ballot canvass, with compensation authorized but no amount stated. A reserve-fund presentation covered the district’s financial reserves, including approximately $9 million planned from fund balance to help balance the 2026–27 budget and roughly $12 million in unassigned fund balance.

The board approved and accepted an Edwin J. Wattis Foundation grant of $110,026.65 for replacement fitness equipment for Rome Free Academy’s fitness center, restricted to that purpose. Other approved items included a student-teacher affiliation agreement, personnel actions, and an employee stipend memorandum of agreement; no competitive procurement, RFP, or vendor contract award was identified. The board also discussed school security operations and related staffing needs, but no purchase or spending action was taken on those topics.