What happened: Money could be allocated to fund about $2 million in extra expenses.
What it means: $1.5 million for the general fund and $400,000 for the transportation fund would help cover the costs of higher-than-projected personnel and fuel costs. The money would come from existing funds and would not affect taxes.
What’s next: A public hearing will be conducted Oct. 28 to discuss the issue.
What happened: Temporary transfer of money to the debt service fund.
What it means: Extra money in the general fund would be loaned out to cover a deficiency due to circuit breaker losses. The loan would be repaid by June 30, 2014.
What’s next: The measure was unanimously approved, no further action needed.
What happened: School board adopted expenditure goals for 2013-14.
What it means: The schools will seek to direct expenditures toward student academic achievement, student instructional support, overhead and operational expenses and non-operational expenses to increase the amount of school resources directed to student instruction and learning.
What’s next: The measure was unanimously approved, no further action needed.
What happened: The school board changed multiple bylaws.
What it means: The school board updated policies to conform to open meeting laws, federal laws regarding military service, the First Amendment’s protection against establishment of a state religion and to define the roles of various board officials.
What’s next: The measures were unanimously approved, no further actions are needed.
Other news: The board recognized International Chemistry Olympiad Gold Medal winner David Liang, a student at Carmel High School. The board also recognized CHS’s National Merit Semifinalists: Claudia Benz, Levi Bernstein, Astha Bhargava, Jessica Chiang, Hoyoung, Choe, William Elliott, Sheyenne Fishero, Katie Gao, Taylor Hathaway, Eric He, Eva Hernandez, Shelby Hiter, Yushi Homma, Claudia Huang, Anthony Ko, Rachel Krieger, Jack Langston, Charles Liang, David Liang, Noah Lybik, Yuan Ma, Sameer Manchanda, Erin Miller, Parmida Mostafavi, Julie Puckett, Kim Qian, Hafsa Razi, Zachary Schleich, Kushal Shah, Marjorie Speake, Patrick Tan, Jocelyn Tao, Ai-Ning Wang, Alice Wang, Andrew Wang, Christine Wang, Eric Wang, Zachary Wang, Kyle Weaver, Eric Wiegand, Tobias Wrammerfors, Brandon Xu, Sophia Yin, Hongda Zeng, Alyssa Zhao and Erin Zhao.