# Board of Education Meeting - 10/8/2026

The West Islip UFSD Board of Education meeting on October 8, 2026 included several finance and facilities items. The board approved budget transfers 4658–4661 and approved the 2026–27 contracts listed on the agenda, which included numerous special-education, early-childhood, and therapy providers, such as Alternatives for Children, Just Kids Early Childhood Learning Center, Kids Therapy Services, Metro Therapy, NYS ARC, and AHRC Suffolk. The finance committee also reviewed an information-technology surplus memo covering items such as PCs, printers, monitors, projectors, phones, and smartboards; no dollar amounts or contract numbers were provided for the contracts or transfers. The board received the independent auditors’ report for the year ending June 30, 2026. The audit committee reported an approximately $3.1 million decrease in the general fund balance and a total fund-balance increase of approximately $5.75 million across all funds, with the unassigned general fund balance of approximately $5.79 million within the legal 4% limit.

Facilities updates included the pool completion project, which remained scheduled for March 29, and completion of the high-school counseling-suite renovation. The safety committee reported exterior-camera work, an internal locking-mechanism correction by the vendor, fire-alarm work at several buildings awaiting state approval before bidding, and a high-school PA system expected to be completed by January 2027. The board also expressed support for a letter asking the Town of Islip to involve school districts in discussions of PILOT arrangements, citing potential effects on tax revenue and budget planning. No procurement award amount was stated for the facilities work.

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

### Sources
- [Board of Education Meeting - 10/8/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6luyzEswJp4) - West Islip UFSD