The Citizens' Budget Watch · FY2026 · 10 months analyzed

The Access & Inclusion budget says $57K. The check register says $561K.

Ten months of Park Hill SD treasurer's reports and check registers, read line by line. The headline finding: a $490,203 Restorative Practices contract is coded as "Instructional Improvement" — and that's just the largest of several confirmed misclassifications that keep A&I spending off the official books.

Real data · Park Hill SD · July 2025–April 2026
What we're watching

Ten months. Five findings worth your attention.

Reading every line of every treasurer's report and check register from July 2025 through April 2026 reveals patterns no single month would show. The most significant: A&I spending that doesn't appear in the A&I budget, overages locked in since December, and unanswered questions about budget coding.

Featured investigation

$504,010 in confirmed misclassified A&I spending

Park Hill's Access & Inclusion department publicly claims programs like Restorative Practices training, POAC athletics conversations, and DEIB events — but those programs are consistently paid for out of Staff Development, Discipline, and Athletics budgets. The A&I budget line shows $57K. The total traceable figure is $561K.

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Official A&I budget line
$56,921
What the board sees in the A&I column
Total traceable A&I spending
$560,931
9.9× the official figure · Not including A&I salaries
Where the money went

YTD spending at 75.4% with the year 83% complete.

Overall spending is under pace — generally healthy. But three specific lines are already over 100%, and debt service is at 97.9%. Full detail on the Dashboard.

Source documents

Ten reports. All analyzed.

Every treasurer's report and Bills-for-Approval check register from July 2025 through April 2026 has been read. Flags indicate findings requiring public explanation.