District overview
Williamsburg Independent Schools
Funding, Board decisions and current planning at Williamsburg Independent Schools
A small independent district balancing state aid, local taxes and service costs
Williamsburg Independent is governed by a five-member elected Board of Education, which approves budgets, policy and the superintendent’s contract. Its proposed FY2027 General Fund combines Kentucky SEEK aid, local revenue and state payments made on the district’s behalf. The September working-budget proposal is distinct from the tentative budget approved in May.
State aid is the largest named revenue source
The proposed September working budget lists $4.3 million SEEK and $2,437,505.77 in state on-behalf revenue within an $8,714,817.49 General Fund plan. These are proposed budget amounts, not cash receipts.
Local taxes remain part of the funding mix
The proposal lists $1,350,479 in local General Fund revenue. September 3 minutes approved proposing 48.7-cent real/personal rates; September 28 agenda text contains conflicting rates, so the final levy is unverified.
The Board controls districtwide decisions
June 8 minutes record John Harris’s appointment to a vacancy. June 15 minutes record a one-year superintendent renewal after a three-year proposal failed. The official November 3 ballot includes three regular seats and a separate unexpired seat.
Spending measures need their scope
The September General Fund plan assigns $5,185,278.57 to instruction and includes state on-behalf costs and beginning balance. No verified comparable enrollment denominator supports a per-pupil calculation.
Where the district stands
September 10 working-budget document, proposed for September 17; no approval minutes collected.
Includes the General Fund scope only; not an independently verified per-pupil measure.
Treasurer report cash measure; differs from fund balance and annual operating result.
Major projects
Food-service financial response
Shortfall reported; proposed remedies not confirmedThe finance officer projected a $300,000 food-service deficit in March and discussed financing and two position reductions. Summer receipts later improved the reported cash position; the March projection is not a current unchanged deficit.
- Work session discussed projected $300,000 shortfall, possible loan and two position reductions estimated to save $40,000 a year; no action recorded.
- June treasurer report listed food-service cash at negative $340,651.63.
- August treasurer report listed food-service cash at negative $64,698.78 after summer receipts.
Funding
Food-service revenues and reported General Fund support; proposed loan terms and staffing changes not approved in the collected work-session minutes.
Long-range facilities planning
October work session; action expressly excludedThe October 14 agenda scheduled facilities options with Compass Municipal Associates and a goal of a facilities-improvement plan by December 1. No adopted construction scope, project budget or funding commitment was established.
- Agenda proposed a municipal-advisory agreement; collected minutes do not establish approval.
- Work-session agenda scheduled facilities options and expressly stated no Board action.
- Proposed target for developing the plan, not a verified completion date.
Funding
Not established in the collected planning agenda; a municipal-advisory proposal is not financing approval.
Recent news
All 124 stored official source records reviewed, including full native-document models, complete OCR and image-only pages. Actual meeting dates and bodies reconciled separately from attachment/approval dates.
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