PSD202 Committee Meeting - Wednesday October 14th, 2026

PSD202 committee meetings, October 14, 2026: Business operations staff reviewed transportation contracts and capital planning. The district is in year two of three-year transportation contracts awarded in 2024 to First Student for regular education and Durham School Services for special education. Route adjustments were projected to save just under $540,000 on regular-education transportation; six special-education routes were shifted from taxis to buses, with no net cost change. The committee reviewed roughly $15 million in proposed FY28 health-and-life-safety projects, compared with about $24 million under the broader facilities plan. Projects include roofs, flooring, doors, and window-lintel work; staff expect to seek bids or cooperative pricing over the next two months, with project approval planned for December. Members gave consensus to move forward with a $50,000 grant application related to the approximately $2.9 million Central High School roof project. Two software contracts—EDpuzzle and file software—were also presented for review, but no amounts or specific vote results are clear in the transcript.

The committees also reviewed quarterly financial information, preliminary tax-levy figures, and fund-balance planning. An earlier discussion developed a proposed pilot framework for board performance goals and KPIs, while elementary principals presented literacy and math initiatives and student assessment trends. Members discussed costs, participation, and equity concerns associated with required marching-band activities and requested further consideration, including student input; no policy change was made. The transcript does not clearly document a final vote on the proposed capital projects or software contracts.