The Shawano School District held an abbreviated annual meeting Monday that included some routine business, but no discussion or vote on the traditional agenda items of the budget or tax levy.
The district was locked into Monday’s meeting date for the annual meeting, which was officially set at the annual meeting last year.
The district’s new business manager, Louise Fischer, already had previous commitments for this week when she was hired in April, District Administrator Gary Cumberland said.
A special annual meeting, at which voters will approve the tax levy for the coming school year, will be held at 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at Shawano Community High School.
Cumberland said the delay will give the district the advantage of being able to present more detailed and firmer budget figures than could have been provided Monday.
The latest budget proposal from the school district calls for a tax levy of just over $12.9 million.
The tax rate would be projected to increase from $10.31 per $1,000 of equalized value in 2013-14 to $10.34 in 2014-15. That estimate is based on no increase in district property values, which won’t be known until October.
Fewer than a dozen residents attended the meeting, outnumbered by School Board members and district staff.
Kelley Swartz, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, presented highlights of the past year, and voters approved allowing the school district to sell off any surplus property.
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