October 7, 2026 Board of Education Meeting

Sachem Schools Board of Education meeting — October 7, 2026. The board approved the contracts consent agenda, including an award to an unnamed transportation contractor following an RFP conducted during a 30-day emergency-contract period. The district said the new contractor has additional drivers available and is expected to take over routes covered by the emergency arrangement; no contract amount was stated. The board also heard the annual audit presentation: the auditor reported clean expected opinions and no significant internal-control findings, while noting that the school food service fund needs a spend-down plan. District staff said they are assessing equipment purchases, including serving lines and walk-in freezers, to reduce the fund balance toward the permitted level; the food service fund cannot be transferred to the general fund. The audit discussion cited a $6.9 million increase in general-fund balance and about $62 million in total fund balance at year-end.

The board discussed capital-project planning, including the need to consider projects such as a pool and possible energy-performance work as existing debt service declines. It also reviewed the effect of LIPA parcels moving from tax rolls to PILOT payments, which changes how the tax burden is distributed but does not represent a district procurement decision. Other consent-agenda motions, including business, personnel, and donations items, passed; no additional procurement details or dollar values were provided for those items.