The Panorama School Board met in regular session Monday.

The Board approved scheduling a fiscal year 2020 budget work session on March 11th at 5:45 p.m. They also set a public hearing on March 11th for the 2019-2020 school calendar and public hearings on April 8th for the fiscal year 2019 amended budget and fiscal year 2020 certified budget. Superintendent Shawn Holloway mentioned to the Board the preliminary tax rate for residents for the next fiscal year looks to be between 13.4-13.5%. Holloway compares this rate to the previous year, “Last year we set it at 13.79, this year it will be around 13.4, 13.5. Most of that tax rate is just set, it is what it is, so when people hear, ‘Well we set the tax rate out of that 13.5,’ there’s not a lot of wiggle room within that. And so for us the biggest difference is our cash reserve levy will be somewhat less than it was last year is probably the biggest driver of that. And then I would say the other driver of that just becomes the property valuations within the district.”

The Board also appointed the new Business Manager Symantha Crawford as Board Treasurer, and approved hiring assistant boys and girls soccer coaching positions and an additional head boys track coach.