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Flandreau Public School will spend $1.48 million next year for capital expenses that include technology, maintenance equipment, transportation and uniforms for some of the district’s sports teams.
School board members unanimously approved the expenses at the June 11 meeting. Superintendent Rick Weber asked for approval so the district could start ordering purchases so they would arrive in time for the start of school.
The board also set the 2018-19 general fund budget hearing for 6 p.m. July 9. That budget is projected to be $5.13 million.
The largest expense in the capital outlay budget is $396,500 for debt services. In addition, the district will transfer $275,000 from the capital budget to the general budget.
The district will spend $108,100 for elementary purchases including textbooks, technology, a laminator, five desks, 16 chairs, four tables and two document cameras, among other purchases. The middle school will get textbooks, technology, desks and whiteboards for $88,800.
At the high school level, purchases include textbooks, technology, a portable sound system, band instruments, a kiln, furniture and more for $243,400. The library will get $14,600 in new books, tables and chairs, along with an Ipad, while building maintenance is budgeted at $91,600, which includes flooring and carpet as two of the larger expenses.
Activity budgets, which are $25,500 for boys’ activities and $10,500 for girls, include a football end zone camera, football uniforms and helmets, a wrestling practice mat, junior high girls’ basketball uniforms, girls’ basketball warmups and volleyball standards and uniforms. Co-curricular activities will get $10,900 for cheerleading mats, golf equipment and pullovers and weight room equipment.
“Nothing has really changed since the last time we looked at it,” Weber said.
Board member Brian “Pedro” Johnson asked if the district needed the end zone camera, listed at costing $2,000.
Weber said the camera provides a different angle than a side view of the game, and many schools Flandreau played last year used that type of camera. “That’s becoming the thing now,” he said.
In other business,
The district had the sign fixed six months ago, but it stopped working again a few months ago. The problem is a lack of connection between a laptop at computer at a local law office that has the software connecting by radio waves to the sign, Weber said.
The board approved the recommendation from Daktronics to upgrade to a 4G network through a wireless carrier with Daktronics proving the modem hardware and a day of installation. The district will go with Verizon with a data package for a cost of $80 a month in addition to the $50 a month it spends on electricity.
Several board members spoke in favor of fixing the sign and unanimously approved it. They also suggested painting the sign to improve its appearance.
The booster club bought the sign seven years ago but a year ago gave it to the district, Weber said.
Advertising would be sold by the Winner-based company, with 50 percent going back to the school district, to offset the cost of the equipment and generate revenue over time, said Weber, who is familiar with the webcasts because they are used by his son’s school district in Colome.
“It’s kind of a neat deal,” he said.
After a third reading, it will become policy.