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Lancaster Elementary School District board meeting, Sep 1, 2026

48 min · 1 public speaker

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Lancaster board approves HVAC change order and internship permit on 3⁠-⁠0 votes 33:13

  • A district staff member presented the 25⁠-⁠26 unaudited actuals, reporting an unrestricted contribution of $34.21 million to the restricted budget and a total ending fund balance of $109.5 million. 19:11
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and pledge 15:35
    • The presiding speaker said there was no action to report from closed session. 15:35
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 16:12
  2. Enrollment report and sunshine reviews 16:37
    • The enrollment report listed a total of 13,358, a gain of 37 from the last board meeting but a loss of 333 from the same month last year. 16:37
    • The board received sunshine reviews of initial contract proposals between the district and California School Employees Association Chapter 297 for successor contract negotiations. 17:19
    • A staff member said the district looked forward to a bargaining session in 2 weeks. 18:04
  3. Unaudited actuals budget presentation 18:11
    • A district staff member reported the district received $190.10 million in Local Control Funding Formula revenue and had unrestricted expenditures of $199.94 million. 19:30
    • The staff member reported a total ending fund balance for '25-'26 of $109.5 million, including $18.19 million for a reserve for economic uncertainty. 28:33
    • Asked about state funding and community schools funding, the staff member cited a cola of 4.31 and said community schools funding would become ongoing at about $4 million for the district. 30:39
  4. HVAC replacement change order 32:41
    • The board considered change order number 3 with Medallion Contracting for El Dorado Elementary School HVAC replacements. 32:41
    • The motion carried 3⁠-⁠0. 33:14
  5. Provisional internship permit 33:14
    • The board considered approval of a provisional internship permit for the 2026⁠-⁠27 school year. 33:14
    • The item carried 3⁠-⁠0. 33:45
  6. Comments to the board 33:45
    • A speaker said the group would request an RFP for benefits and that neither the group nor the district negotiates the benefit rates. 36:13
    • The speaker said there was no way the speaker would agree for members to pay $850 to opt out with zero cash in lieu. 37:15
  7. Consent agenda items 38:22
    • The board took up consent agenda items covering superintendent, business, services and human resources items. 38:22
    • The presiding speaker announced the motion carried on item 18. 40:01
  8. Board and superintendent comments 40:55
    • A speaker thanked maintenance and operations for summer work and human resources for filling vacancies. 43:28
    • A speaker said attendance was up and thanked the presenter for the budget report. 45:46
  9. Adjournment 45:46

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    Video: posted by the district as “Broadcast of the Lancaster School District Board Meeting”