School board approves $46 million budget

The Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees approved the fiscal year 2023-2024 budget at the regular monthly meeting Monday.

Chief Operations Officer Charlie Cauffman shared that the total appropriations for the district for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 would be $46,544,293. The funds are categorized as follows:

General Fund: $24,535,000

Special Revenue (Grant) Fund: $4,181,000

Major Maintenance Fund: $3,354,988

Capital Construction Fund: $4,499,867

Debt Service Fund: $2,192,683

Recreation District Fund: $648,002

Food Service Fund: $1,054,732

Worland Aquatic Center: $5,233,804

Insurance Trust Fund: $339,947

Scholarship Fund $66,505

Pupil Activity Fund: $437,620

Following the adjournment of the budget meeting, the regular monthly meeting of the Washakie County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees took place where Washakie County School District No. 1 Superintendent Tawn Argeris reported that he had attended a recent Republican committee meeting, and informed them that on Aug. 15, the school district will open its libraries to the public for review of the material.

He also reported that the District Administration Office is about halfway through being renovated. Also under construction, the security vestibule at the entrance to East Side is nearly done. South Side is also having this work done, but is further behind. West Side is the furthest behind but will require the least amount of work.

POLICY

Policies 2.1 Attendance and 2.50 Graduation were approved on third and final reading. These policies were originally one policy but were split up to better define requirements of students.

BUSINESS REPORT

Cauffman said that as of July 1, the school district became the sole owners and operators of the Worland Aquatic Center. He said that work is not yet done on getting things switched over, and that it will take time, but thanked those involved for a smooth transition thus far.

Assistant Superintendent Jody Rakness said that the school district’s grants for the upcoming school year had all been submitted. She also said that her team was in the process of transferring and consolidating funds to give more flexibility in how funds could be used to better serve students.