By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

Treasurer Leesa Smith gave the Wynford School District Board of Education an update to the five-year forecast Thursday night. While most of it is good news for the district, Smith noted fluctuations require constant scrutiny.

Smith began her report to the board explaining that she was glad that the forecast wasn’t approved in February as it gave her time to include the expected expenditures for the remainder of the school year, as well as the change in the school’s health insurance plan.

“I have been watching some changes need to have increases increased the last two years by 10 percent. Health insurance keeps adjusting of course,” Smith told the board.

Smith noted that she broke the five-year forecast revenue into two different lines – one with the school receiving the renewal levies in the final two years of the forecast and the other without the levies. If the levies were to be renewed the school would have a cash balance on June 30, 2020 of $957,299, however if the levies were to fail the school would have a balance in the red by 693,605.

Smith noted that the unrestricted grants-in-aid line is a straight head count of residents in the school district. Smith explained that the number is fluctuating all the time with two such changes in February. Smith also explained that the school was set to receive $92,000 in increases with $6,500 more than expected coming into the school system due to the open enrollment.

Smith noted that she increased the line for purchased services for workers outside the district work within the school including an added $15,000 for summer maintenance work.

Board members gave their approval for H.E.A.T. Total Facility Solutions to submit a request that the district ask for approval to participate in an energy conservation program presented last month. Superintendent Fred Fox noted that the request encompasses all of the maintenance items that the school will need including water heater, heating circulation, doors and lights. Fox noted that the estimated savings for the school look to be $20,000 to $40,000.

Along with the request to enter into the energy conservation financing program,board members approved all items on the operational portion of the agenda.

All personnel items of the agenda were passed by the Wynford school board including accepting the resignation of junior high/high school English teacher Renee Christian effective June 30, 2016.