There were two meetings on Thursday, March 7th. First was the policy committee agenda, audio
Originally, there were three items on the agenda, but the library policy was taken off at the last minute because they wanted to tweak it some more. They promised it would be back on the April meeting. Of the two that remained, one was about excused absences and the other was about converting a pass-fail grade to letter a grade. You can read the policies and listen to the discussion.
The second was the work session agenda video This meeting was a 4 ½ hour marathon. A big chunk of it was spent discussing the 24-25 budget 1:56 to 3:11:44. After that a reiteration of the earlier policy meeting 3:11:44 to 3:34 followed by lengthy discussion about the voucher bills and the impact on WCS.
The proposed budget in the macro looks like this:
Costs are continually going up. This year there is a 24.5% increase in insurance along with teacher raises and inflation. There was a lot of talk about this budget and there is no way I can condense it down to a couple of paragraphs. The County Commission will be starting to look at this on April 1st and vote on it in June.
When you click on agenda above, scroll down to Budget Packet and WCS budget presentation if you want to get into the weeds.
Next meeting is the full board on Monday the 18th at 6 pm at 1320 W. Main St.
If you would like to speak at the March 18, 2024 meeting, the sign up begins at noon on Thursday, March 14, 2024, through noon on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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