What are examples of capital outlay expenditures in the past four or five years?
Over the past four to five years, capital outlay funds have been used to pay for maintenance, and repair of district facilities, finishing touches on the construction project, the addition of a preschool building, adding walls to the junior high science and technology building, purchasing furniture for classrooms, replacing worn carpets, purchasing a new Chevrolet Suburban for transportation and a new Impala for driver’s education. Finally, the district will be using capital outlay funds to construct three new classrooms on the elementary school to allow for all day kindergarten. Q: How does the USD 246 mill levy compare to other surrounding districts? A: Northeast’s levy this year is 49.90 mills, which includes a mandatory 20 mills for the general fund, 19.83 mills for the supplemental general fund (Local Option Budget or LOB) and 10.07 mills for bond payments. Pittsburg levies 50.78 mills, Frontenac levies 38.16 mills, Girard levies 43.33 mills and Fort Scott levies 40.99 mills. Othe
