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WAPS eyes $63M needs, new referendum - Winona Post > Article

WAPS eyes $63M needs, new referendum (5/26/2021)   Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) Board members and administrators will soon discuss the possibility of pursuing another referendum for building projects. A vote could be held as early as November of this year. The conversation will follow board members having recently received a study of the district’s facilities that identified about $63 million in deferred maintenance costs.  Superintendent Annette Freiheit said at the School Board’s May 20 meeting that funding from the 2018 building project referendum will expire in 2023, and a positive vote would be needed in November 2021, February 2022, August 2022, or November 2022 to replace it. 

Editor s Notes: Show the work — School Board must see budget to oversee it

(5/26/2021)   I have to praise Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) School Board members Steve Schild and Michael Hanratty for calling on school administrators to “show the work” and show the School Board what’s in their draft budget (see story page 4B). Every year, the city of Winona and Winona County present elected leaders with draft budgets that can be over 200 pages long, breaking down every single expense from how much the library has to spend on new books to how much the police department is budgeting for postage. Staff walk elected leaders through all the details five months in advance of the final budget deadline. By contrast, in a normal year, WAPS prepares budget books that are around 50 pages long, with high-level information about general categories of spending. This year, with one month to go before the deadline, WAPS has only given the board a two-page summary of the proposed budget. That’s the fiscal equivalent of glancing at Cliffs Notes befor

WAPS budget takes shape - Winona Post > Article

WAPS budget takes shape   The deadline for Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) Board members to approve a budget for the 2021-2022 school year is fast approaching. The most up-to-date budget document shows district staff reduced general fund expenditures by about $1 million from the 2020-2021 budget. The draft budget also displays a projected general fund deficit of about half a million dollars. Board members asked about using the district’s limited amount of reserves to cover the deficit.  At the school board’s May 6 meeting, Finance Director Kristy Millering presented two potential models for the general fund, the district’s primary fund for operations that covers costs and income tied to educating students. The first model shows a deficit of about $513,000 for the unassigned portion of the general fund, while the second model shows a deficit of approximately $283,000 for the unassigned piece of the general fund. Unassigned funds do not have to be spent in a p

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