# ESASD Finance Committee Meeting (November 9)

The ESASD School Board Finance Committee meeting, identified in the title as November 9 (the metadata lists November 10, 2026 UTC), reviewed the FY 2025–26 budget results and procurement-related items. The district reported a $12.7 million operating deficit, about $13.8 million better than budget, with revenues above and expenditures below projections. Discussion covered cost controls, staffing reductions and an early-retirement incentive, rising health-insurance costs, and continued declines in fund balance. The committee also discussed a proposed Virtual School Service enrollment-support program, estimated at about $8,300 in its first year and $18,000 in later years including a three-month enrollment service; no decision on that proposal was recorded.

The committee voted to recommend several items to the full board: EBTAP reserves, a fund-balance adjustment, and an educational healthcare staffing agreement for speech-and-language services; and, separately, Train mechanical and BAS service contracts, the Forest Street RFP, Aspen Pest Control, an ESC fire-pump item, and JM Hill emergency heating-valve replacement. It also recommended confirming the Fire EDU Grade Guardian contract. Electricity procurement results were reported for information: six suppliers responded, and Constellation’s rate of 0.06994 per kWh was below the board-approved maximum of 0.073 per kWh. The district also reported selling a bus for $5,700.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Education
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** November 10, 2026

### Sources
- [ESASD Finance Committee Meeting (November 9)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWxBIEStdAM) - ESASD School Board