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Washington County Public Schools work session, date not confirmed yet

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Washington County school board hears clean audit opinion, reviews draft legislative program 9:15

  • Darrell Evans opened the work session and said no business would be conducted, only information gathering. 1:40
  • District finance staff reported a $5.4 million general fund surplus for the fiscal year, and the audit presentation reported an unmodified opinion with no material weaknesses and no significant deficiencies. 2:40
  • Staff presented a draft legislative program for the 2027 session, including a proposal to raise the hotel rental tax, and said a final version would come for approval at the October 20th business meeting. 30:51
  • Construction staff reported almost $66 million in active construction during summer 2026. 52:07

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Item by item (3)
  1. Fiscal year 2026 audit results 1:40
    • A finance staff member said the unassigned fund balance grew to about $30.2 million, or 43 days on a 365-day basis, against a board policy goal of 45 to 60 days. 6:22
    • The staff member said the OPEB liability dropped from about $315 million to just under $290 million and the percent funded rose from 44% to almost 56%. 7:29
    • A speaker asked whether a fully funded OPEB fund could cover retiree benefits, and a staff member said the district could then draw from the fund to pay retiree claims, which total about $19 million. 23:05
  2. Draft legislative program 30:21
    • A district staff member proposed lowering the share of funding that follows the student from 75% to 70% to give flexibility across schools of different sizes. 37:40
    • A district staff member said the district proposed working with legislators to raise the hotel rental tax from 6% to 8%, with the district seeking 1% for security upgrades. 40:04
    • One board member proposed adding students withdrawn under Code W-50 with no known later school attendance to the watch list. 49:09
  3. Summer construction projects update 51:02
    • The supervisor of construction said 11 capital projects represented about $62.8 million and about 50 other renovation and maintenance projects represented $3.2 million. 52:07
    • A project manager said the Boonesboro High School HVAC replacement is about 2/3 complete, with remaining work scheduled for next summer. 53:14
    • Asked how many weeks were available to complete the work, a staff member said there were 11 weeks in the summer and 6 inclement weather days this summer. 1:20:44

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Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Public Work Session | October 6, 2026 | 1:00PM”