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Evansville Community School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

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Evansville school board approves $2.5 million cash flow note and line of credit 1:06:59

  • The board also heard reports from the district administrator, the bus contractor and the policy committee. 8:00
  • A district official presented the Third Friday enrollment count, saying the district lost 69 students two years ago, 43 last year and 18 this year. 38:03
  • The board approved, 7⁠-⁠0, a resolution authorizing a taxable and revenue anticipation promissory note for cash flow purposes in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million. 1:08:07
  • The board also approved, 7⁠-⁠0, a line of credit from the Bank of New Glarus in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million for the period of November 1st, 2026 through November 1st, 2027. 1:09:13
Item by item (11)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 0:55
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call. 0:55
    • The agenda was approved 7⁠-⁠0. 1:51
  2. Announcements and recognitions 1:51
    • A speaker announced that this year's spring musical will be Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Looking Glass. 1:56
    • The speaker said the high school combined a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration with parent-teacher conferences, with a mariachi band, free food and a food drive drop-off. 3:18
    • The speaker recognized National School Principal Month and School Custodian Appreciation Day. 4:01
  3. Student representative report 5:51
    • A speaker said a high school Spanish class created branded cereal boxes as a fun and creative way for students to practice Spanish. 6:08
    • The representatives described the Fitnessgram Pacer test at the middle school and a mural project at the intermediate school. 6:42
  4. District administrator report 8:00
    • In the district administrator report, a speaker said the district received its public assessment data and its school report card scores on the same day, October 1st, and that the report card scores could not yet be shared publicly. 8:00
    • The district administrator said a group of 13 school districts agreed to concentrate on more state aid for special education and state aid that keeps up with inflation. 13:04
    • The district administrator said the high school multi-stack HVAC system needs replacement sooner rather than later, at somewhere around the $700,000 range. 18:39
  5. Bus transportation report 21:27
    • The bus contractor's operations manager described how drivers and staff covered routes during an unexpected power outage on September 3rd. 21:40
    • The operations manager said the district has 10 regular education routes and the terminal has a total of 25 employees. 25:42
    • The operations manager described adjusting routes and stops because of Highway 14 construction and said no student is dropped off needing to cross that highway. 32:00
  6. Third Friday enrollment count 36:37
    • A district official said the district receives about $11,000 for each resident student and ranks 297th out of 421 districts in spending per student. 36:40
    • The official said open enrollment is a +6, down from +28 last year, and that the district expects $562,000 from a declining enrollment exemption this year. 43:56
    • A speaker asked how the district's administrative staffing compares with similar districts, and a district official said it is pretty similar. 50:03
  7. Board policy updates 56:38
    • A district official described Evansville-specific policy edits, including student representation at board meetings, public comment and district-sponsored trips. 56:44
    • The official said a proposed change would open advertising and commercial activities, with any such activity coming back to the board for approval. 1:01:47
    • A speaker said the proposed policy would treat sharing notes with AI like sharing them with someone else, making them a public record. 1:05:12
  8. Promissory note and line of credit 1:06:52
    • A motion was made to approve a resolution authorizing a taxable and revenue anticipation promissory note for cash flow purposes not to exceed $2.5 million. 1:06:59
    • A speaker asked to confirm that interest applies only if the district draws from the line of credit, and the answer was that is correct. 1:07:31
    • A second motion was made to approve a line of credit from the Bank of New Glarus not to exceed $2.5 million for November 1st, 2026 through November 1st, 2027. 1:08:15
    • Both motions carried 7⁠-⁠0. 1:08:07
  9. Consent agenda 1:08:52
    • A motion was made to approve consent agenda items A and B. 1:09:26
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 1:10:02
  10. Future agenda 1:09:33
    • A speaker said CHS gave the high school agricultural program $35,000, which will need board approval. 1:10:10
    • The speaker said the district has tentative agreements with the teacher and support staff unions, which could come to the board on the 21st or by a special meeting on the 28th. 1:10:53
  11. Adjournment 1:12:18
    • A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 1:12:18
    • The meeting was adjourned. ~1:12:31

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Video: posted by the district as “ECSD Board of Education Meeting - Oct 7, 2026”