Culver Community School Corporation Treasurer Casey Howard gave the school board a comprehensive look last week at how the corporation is looking when it comes to funds this year.
She noted that the Education Fund is at $5.2 million. When the board adopted the budget, they based it on an estimated Average Daily Membership. At the time, the board was bracing for a $175,000 loss, but Howard said the hit was actually $300,000 when the latest figures were calculated. She said a lot more of the school’s referendum funds will pay for more salaries in 2021 than in both 2020 and in 2019.
The Operations Fund is around $4.5 million.
The Capital Projects Fund has $1.6 million for several projects in 2021. Much of that consists of referendum funds that will go, in part, toward the purchase of a vertical lift and security cameras for the Elementary School. Superintendent Karen Shuman said she hopes a safety grant can help pay for those items. Other projects include a new tractor, an athletic mower, floor jack, gator, four new scoreboards, two new wind screens, scorer’s table, a sprinkler system for the soccer field, a truck for the Transportation Department, and a projector for the Elementary School.
Some structural items include all new interior paint in all corporation buildings, replace/repair restroom stalls, relock all interior doors, replace drop ceiling tiles in the Middle/High School, placement of floor tiles in portions of the Elementary School, include a concession area at the Elementary School, replace plumbing fixtures at the Elementary School, replace flooring in 13 classrooms at the Elementary School, add visitor parking at the Middle/High School, replace the weight room floor, a paving project, and replace the signage at the Elementary School.
Howard said a lot of the projects are being quoted now. Depending on those figures, some projects may need to be moved to 2022, but Superintendent Shuman is confident that the majority of the projects will be done this year.
Howard noted that many of the projects done so far have been paid for with bond money which she said has been a blessing to the school corporation.
