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Angela Thomason
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David Clanin of Turner & Associates told the Vinita
school board Monday night that the district is in good
shape and an audit showed no problems.
He said, “Overall, the audit had a clean opinion,
with no issues.”
He noted the district was doing a good job of man-
aging available funds and not overspending, and had
a healthy carryover. He added that with electronic
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This report was followed by a monthly report from
Asst. Supt. and school treasurer Rusty Rankin, who
said that not much had changed from last month’s
report.
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Rankin pointed out that gas utility costs were down
compared to last year. Speech therapy costs were up
30%, but balanced out from occupational therapy
costs being 50% lower than last year.
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from the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years to see
what type of savings the district was making after
installing the LED lighting.
In one year, the cost savings so far was $10,000,
which included the fact that additional buildings
were included.
He said that personnel costs are higher right now
due to raises, but that they will balance out.
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Overall, Rankin said that ADM, and we will continue to
current costs are showing a look into ways to increase our
savings of $190,000 over this enrollment and compete with
time last year. programs like Epic (Charter
“We are doing what we can Schools) to keep from losing
to continue to save money,” students in the future.”
said Rankin. “I’m more con-
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to live within our budget and

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