District overview
Southgate Independent School District
Funding, decisions and current projects at Southgate Independent.
A one-school district balancing local taxes and state support
Southgate serves preschool through eighth grade. Local taxes and state support fund its General Fund; restricted grants, food service and building funds have separate purposes. Kentucky SEEK support is part of state funding. State on-behalf payments pay costs such as benefits and are not cash the district can spend twice.
FY27 operating plan
The working budget has $3,559,180.83 in General Fund resources, including $226,384.83 in opening balance and $942,436 in noncash state on-behalf support.
Who decides
The five-member Board approves district budgets, policy and major contracts. Superintendent Greg Duty manages operations. The school SBDM council makes school-level decisions, including its budget and policies.
Current receipts did not cover annual outlays
FY25 General Fund fund balance fell from $704,364 to $313,888 in the independent audit. The unaudited FY26 annual report also shows current receipts below expenditures including transfers.
A monthly cash low point or grant reimbursement delay is not an annual deficit. The FY25 audit opinion was unmodified; its management letter identified purchase-order, approval and school-activity record issues without making a fraud finding.
Where the district stands
Working budget; includes opening balance and noncash on-behalf support.
Audited expenditures, excluding the separate $3,153 transfer out.
194 kindergarten–grade 8 students and 19 preschool students; this snapshot is not an annual average.
Major projects
Optimist Park outdoor activity space
Acquisition approved for submission; closing not establishedThe BG-1 covers a 0.478-acre property on Electric Avenue with a $34,200 project budget: $25,000 purchase price plus survey, geotechnical, printing, appraisal and title costs. Later kitchen, cafeteria, gym and accessibility ideas are not funded construction approvals.
- KDE authorized the actions needed to complete the acquisition submission.
- The Board approved the acquisition BG-1.
Funding
$34,200 Building Fund cash in the BG-1.
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