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Design for Arp Elementary: The board approved a contract with Stasis Design PC for architectural and engineering services to design the Arp Elementary School replacement. District staff said the school has been on the district's long-term facility plan for years and that the design process follows a competitive selection. Staff described a six-firm request-for-proposal, four shortlisted firms, presentations to a six-member selection committee (three district personnel, two State Construction Department members and a local architect), and the selection of Stasis Design. District staff said schematic design documents are scheduled for completion in February 2026, with bidding roughly 30 days later and an anticipated opening of the new school in fall 2028. The meeting record notes demolition was not included in this contract and would be funded separately when appropriate.

Central High School scoreboard: Trustees approved purchase and installation services for a video scoreboard at Central High School. The district clarified the project will be funded from a private gift to Central High School from the Maury Brown Foundation and will not come from major maintenance or general fund dollars. The meeting record includes two different dollar figures stated aloud during the motion discussion ($1,377,000 and $964,413); the board approved the procurement but the meeting transcript shows both numbers were mentioned. The district stated the scoreboard funds are a gift restricted to the school.

East High School tennis courts: The board approved professional services with ADI Professional Corporation to design relocation of East High School tennis courts. The design contract was presented at $87,000, including a 10% contingency for associated governmental fees and requirements. District staff said moving the courts responds to long-term site planning: current courts sit near a parking lot exit and limited spectator/landscaping space, and several facility-planning options under study could remove parking that currently sits adjacent to the tennis courts.

Votes and immediate outcomes: Each motion passed on voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the public transcript.

Why it matters: The Arp replacement is a multi-year capital project that will remove a long-standing facility from the district's maintenance list; the scoreboard is a donor-funded improvement that will not draw on the district's general maintenance budget; and the tennis-court relocation is part of site and capacity planning at East High School.

What wasn't decided: The board did not approve demolition funding for Arp Elementary as part of the Stasis contract; demolition and remediation funding will be requested separately if needed. The scoreboard motion contains two different figures in the meeting record; the district said the purchase is funded by a private gift. The council did not provide detailed construction schedules beyond the schematic design and bid timing referenced above.

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The petitioners asked the board to adopt their draft policy, to allow public comment on any draft versions, and to consult alternatives to the Wyoming School Boards Association model. \"This petition is presented under Wyoming statute 21-3-110 ... the board shall consider every petition presented by at least 5 citizens of the school district and take action within 30 days,\" McCoy said during her three-minute comment.

Superintendent Dr. Newton told trustees the district is already working to implement the statute and to clarify its limits. \"This is a statute that allows the public who have, concealed carry permits to carry on school grounds. Then the statute specifically prohibits students who are enrolled in school from carrying,\" Dr. Newton said, adding the district will follow the required policy process. He said safety and security staff met with local law enforcement the same day to gather input and that the policy will move through the district's advisory and review steps, including a 45-day public review period.

The superintendent gave a timeline: staff will draft policy language, submit it for advisory review and public comment, and — resources and steps permitting — aim for a final adoption at the board's June 16 meeting. He characterized the process as: consultation with law enforcement, policy advisory review, 45-day public review, and then board consideration.

Public speakers at the meeting urged caution and specific safeguards. Dylan Ford, identified in the meeting as president of the Cheyenne Teachers Association (CTA), said staff and students are concerned about an unsafe rollout and asked trustees to include safeguards and training. \"Just please make sure that there are safeguards in place, that ensures that our rollout doesn't put students or staff in harm's way,\" Ford said.

Board members did not take a formal vote on the petition during the meeting. Instead, the record shows the petition was submitted to district staff and that the superintendent outlined the procedural steps the district will follow to draft and consider a local policy consistent with state law.

Why it matters: The statute and the board's implementing policy will determine whether and how district employees with permits may carry on school property, what training or storage conditions apply, and how the district coordinates with local law enforcement. The policy process will include additional opportunities for public comment and a formal adoption vote by trustees.

What remains unresolved: The board did not adopt any policy at the meeting. Specific components that the petitioners asked for (for example, details on training standards, storage, reporting or disciplinary protocols) will be addressed in the draft policy and during the public review period, according to the superintendent.

Provenance: The petition presentation and statutory citation were made during public comment (meeting transcript timestamp beginning approximately 2868.78). Superintendent Dr. Newton's statutory clarifications and timeline appear later in the meeting (transcript timestamp beginning approximately 3863.69).

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On revenues and expenditures, the finance presentation said the district is \"on track to be under our revenue projections, slightly about, a half a percent or $1,400,000.\" The presentation broke down sources as local, county, state, federal and other. The district expects to be higher than originally projected on some local revenue components (driven in part by unanticipated mineral production collections), but the state entitlement payment will decline (projected down about 4.7%) because of that local/ state interplay. The finance staff also noted a carryover of obligations from fiscal year 2024 and that purchases such as about 15 school buses remain on order and will affect year-end outlays and use of reserves.

On expenditures, payroll and benefits remain the largest budget component (roughly 85% of the general fund). The district said it expects salary growth in the 3%–4% range, a health-insurance increase of about 7.5% that was budgeted, and some upward pressure on workers' compensation. Utilities were described as mixed (natural gas trending down significantly year over year; electricity modestly up; water and sewer increases), and the presentation isolated a new city stormwater assessment that the district estimates will add roughly $220,000–$250,000 annually to utility costs.

Finance staff summarized legislative changes that will affect district finances next year, including but not limited to:
- Senate File 34: a one-year change to routine and major-maintenance calculations that increases the allowable educational square footage factor (15% to 35% for the year) and adjusts replacement-value multipliers; the presentation described this as a one-year adjustment while the state continues study.
- House Bill 259: a supplemental K-12 facilities appropriation and a state study of shifting major-maintenance supervision to the state construction department.
- House Bill 18: reclassifies funding for career and technical education (CTE) supplies and materials from a block grant to a categorical grant, changing reporting and restricted-fund treatment and requiring additional tracking.
- Senate File 69: establishes a property-tax exemption for a portion of single-family residential assessed value (25% reduction up to $1,000,000) effective for the 2025 assessment; finance staff warned this will reduce local collections and increase state entitlement payments to compensate under the funding model.
- House Bill 129: repealed a statute that required a final late-June transfer from county treasurers; finance staff adjusted revenue projections accordingly because that prior transfer sometimes provided significant year-end receipts.
- Senate File 137: extended a temporary allowance that increased the amount of reserves districts may retain (30% through fiscal 2028).
- Other bills: Categorical/operational items including the Steamboat Legacy Scholarship changes (HB 199), charter-school central-office allocation adjustments (SF 73), and new investment/depository rules (SF 5145 and SF 143) that alter permitted investment vehicles and eligible depositories.

Staff said the external cost adjustment (an element of the K-12 funding model) will provide about $9.3 million overall in additional formula funding next year but cautioned that other pressures (declining enrollment, insurance, and specific program needs) will offset portions of that increase. The finance team outlined the coming budget calendar: finalize school and department budgets after spring break, present a preliminary budget in May, refine assumptions in June and hold the budget hearing in July.

Trustees asked follow-up questions during the presentation; the finance staff explained that some indices used to calculate the external cost adjustment lag national data (explaining the energy component decrease) and that the one-year adjustment to the major-maintenance formula was intended to allow the School Facilities Commission time to study long-term changes.

Why it matters: The district faces modest near-term revenue risk and multiple legislative changes that together will shape next year's available funds, reporting requirements and capital-maintenance calculations. Several items (bus deliveries, stormwater assessment, charter-school allocations and the residential property-tax exemption) could materially affect next-year revenue and appropriation needs.

What trustees will see next: staff will return with revised revenue and expenditure projections in May and more refined budget scenarios as the district moves toward the June/July budget schedule.

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