Board of Education meeting - Nov. 4, 2026

Bethlehem Board of Education meeting (the title says Nov. 4, 2026; the metadata lists Nov. 13, 2026). The board received an audit presentation reporting an unmodified opinion on the district’s financial statements. The audit identified child-nutrition procurement control issues: vendors were not documented as checked for suspension or debarment, and documentation verifying purchases against bid documents was insufficient. The business presentation reviewed district finances, including a projected $150,000 increase in fuel costs, and discussed the school lunch fund’s $242,000 surplus and possible program improvements; no specific purchase for those improvements was approved in the transcript.

The board approved finance action items that included two 15-year PILOT agreements for a 10-megawatt solar project, divided into two agreements under state-law requirements. The agreements are expected to provide approximately $26,000 each per year—about $52,000 total—once operational, currently forecast for late May or early June 2027. The district also presented plans for school renovations, including work on about 50 classrooms, accessibility and safety improvements, and added air conditioning; Turner is the construction manager and Ashley McGraw the architect. The board approved the finance, personnel, and other action items presented, but the transcript does not identify a construction contract award or project cost.