We’ve kind of been preparing for this.”

Jeff Koenig

They aren’t construction ready yet and no final decisions are made, but the Stanley-Boyd School Board members received a glimpse of the potential district office relocation and parking lot plans at the Monday, July 28 school board meeting.
Drawn up by LHB Architects of Superior, the plans to cost an estimated $1.7 to $2.3 million call for a main entry at the south entrance with a sloped interior walkway that levels out at intervals, with security doors granting access to the school proper located further up the indoor walkway.
Also included in the district office relocation as proposed are two conference rooms (one large, the other small), an electrical room and a bathroom. A new hallway would connect eastward on the south front of the building.
As for the parking lot plans, plans as revealed call for an increase in parking stall count from 309 as at present to 408. The plans as presented would use district savings from Fund 46 Capital Improvement if moved forward, no final decisions having yet been made.
Also in news from Monday school board, the 2025-2026 budget estimated calls for $13,342,599, an increase of $75,843 from last year’s budget. The increase as stated hinges on $886,167 in additional state aid, alongside a decrease of $804,388 in the local level and a decrease of $5,936 in categorical aid per pupil. The increase expected in state aid is due to how the district has spent money the past two years.
The increase as stated, however, is offset by an increase in salary and benefits alongside a loss of federal funding in Title I and II, which when counted with federal withholding losses would come out to a total difference of approximately $445,620.
“We’ve kind of been preparing for this,” Koenig said of the decrease in Title funding, local poverty going down as compared with the state and affecting Title I funding. The district is expected to do OK based on how it has handled money recently, with $1.708 million in the district’s general fund balance as of June 30, 2025.
Also included in budget math for next year meanwhile are staff pay increases, with teachers able to expect an additional $1,002 from last year as it relates to the graded salary schedule, with levels from A to M. The board previously held off on increases as it awaited the outcome of the state budget, which was in process when the board last considered the matter this spring.
Also adjusted upwards in terms of the pay scale following state budget passage were paraprofessionals, bus drivers, custodial maintenance, and food service. Paraprofessionals, custodial/maintenance and food service will all receive an additional 75 cents from their base rate, with bus drivers able to add $27.00 per trip for the first hour of extra-curricular trips if over route time. Bus drivers on regular runs will see a two dollar increase to per run from the year previous, a full amended rate schedule available on the district website.
In other news from Monday school board, the board moved to find the district in compliance with SL 10 Standards Based Academic Program as well as SL 15 Community Pool and Fitness Center. The Board opted to approve a revised personal communication device (PCD) policy after discussion, with no feedback given in public comment.
Included in clarifications on the policy was that “school hours were from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m,” during which time PCDs are not to be seen, except as allowed for in educational opportunities.