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In This Section

Foster School Budget

A monthly financial dashboard to provide regular public updates on the status of the Foster School construction project.

% of Total Budget Spent to Date

Monthly Budget Update

Through February 28, 2026

Project Contingency Tracker

February 28, 2026

Through February 28, 2026

	Budget	Projected	Spent to Date	% of Budget	Update
Construction Costs	$37,208,329	$36,790,510	$28,105,546	76.4%	17 of the 21 (81%) project months are complete
Design & Construction Fees	$7,713,811	$7,988,240	$6,702,135	83.9%	Includes design fees paid for the former K-8 planned school
Furniture & Equipment	$1,480,000	$1,350,000	$690,069	51.1%	Tech Equipment Bid to be approved on March 23
Project Contingency	$2,077,036	$2,350,426	$405,385	--	No change from prior report in January
Total	$48,479,176	$48,479,176	$35,903,135	74.1%

Through January 31, 2026

	Budget	Projected	Spent to Date	% of Budget	Update
Construction Costs	$37,208,329	$36,344,392	$26,249,703	64.1%	Fourteen of the 22 (64%) project months are complete
Design & Construction Fees	$7,713,811	$8,018,440	$6,422,717	78.4%	Includes design fees paid for the former K-8 planned school
Furniture & Equipment	$1,480,000	$1,350,000	$482,883	35.7%	Tech Equipment will go to Bid in January
Project Contingency	$2,077,036	$2,766,343	$405,385	--	Bid group 5 came in over budget by $436K
Total	$48,479,176	$48,479,175	$33,560,688	62.8%

Through November 30, 2025

	Budget	Projected	Spent to Date	% of Budget	Update
Construction Costs	$37,208,329	$36,344,392	$23,286,655	64.1%	Fourteen of the 22 (64%) project months are complete
Design & Construction Fees	$7,713,811	$8,018,440	$6,282,673	78.4%	Includes design fees paid for the former K-8 planned school
Furniture & Equipment	$1,480,000	$1,350,000	$481,383	35.7%	Tech Equipment will go to Bid in January
Project Contingency	$2,077,036	$2,766,343	$405,385	--	Bid group 5 came in over budget by $436K
Total	$48,479,176	$48,479,175	$30,456,096	62.8%

Through October 31, 2025

	Budget	Projected	Spent to Date	% of Budget	Update
Construction Costs	$37,208,329	$35,405,473	$19,940,532	58%	Does not include construction costs included as change orders in Project Contingency
Design & Construction Fees	$7,713,811	$8,018,440	$6,069,595	77.5%	Includes design fees paid for the former K-8 planned school
Furniture & Equipment	$1,480,000	$1,350,000	$480,633	32.3%	Furniture has been ordered and is in storage
Project Contingency	$2,077,036	$3,705,263	$405,385	--	Low bids have offset the 4 change orders totaling $405,385
Total	$48,479,176	$48,479,176	$26,896,145	55.5%

Through September 30, 2025

	Budget	Projected	Spent to Date	% of Budget	Update
Construction Costs	$37,208,329	$35,810,907	$17,595,057	47.3%	Twelve of the 22 (55%) project months are complete
Design & Construction Fees	$7,713,811	$7,988,240	$5,980,515	77.5%	Includes design fees paid for the former K-8 planned school
Furniture & Equipment	$1,480,000	$1,350,000	$477,633	32.3%	Furniture has been ordered and is in storage
Project Contingency	$2,077,036	$3,330,029	$405,385	19.5%	Low bids have offset the 4 change orders totaling $405,385
Total	$48,479,176	$48,479,176	$24,458,590	50.5%

Through July 31, 2025

	Budget	Projected	Spent to Date	% of Budget	Update
Construction Costs	$37,208,329	$36,132,384	$13,828,539	37.2%	Ten of the 22 (45%) project months are complete
Design & Construction Fees	$7,713,811	$7,988,240	$5,648,593	73.2%	Includes design fees paid for the former K-8 planned school
Furniture & Equipment	$1,480,000	$1,480,000	$433,603	29.3%	Furniture has been ordered and is in storage
Project Contingency	$2,077,036	$2,878,552	$405,385	19.5%	Low bids have offset the 4 change orders totaling $405,385
Total	$48,479,176	$48,479,176	$20,316,120	41.9%