# SMCSC Board Meeting (10/8/2026)

The SMCSC School Board meeting on October 8, 2026, approved a $51,367 contract with AAA State of Play for shade structures and accessibility upgrades at Pendleton Elementary School. The work addresses shade loss following tree removal and brings the primary courtyard playground into ADA compliance; funding will come from Kids Connection building funds and district funds. The board also adopted the 2027 budget, capital projects plan, and bus replacement plan, and approved a resolution allowing up to $5.5 million to be transferred from the education fund to the operations fund for eligible expenses in 2027. It approved moving a Kids Connection ice cream freezer to surplus equipment.

The board held a public hearing, with no speakers, and approved a series of lease, bond, appropriation, and debt-service resolutions connected to the “Our Community, Our Schools, Our Arabians” project and bus purchases. These included authorizing the lease agreement, appropriating bond proceeds, moving certain bus-payment obligations to debt service, and allowing construction bids or contracts to be assigned to the building corporation for payment at the board’s discretion. Motions on the recorded items passed with affirmative votes. The board also approved the proposed 2027–28 school calendar. No specific total for the school project or bond issuance was stated in the transcript.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 08, 2026

### Sources
- [SMCSC Board Meeting (10/8/2026)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6akorVr0tk) - SMCSC School Board