The Phoenix Central School District Board of Education appointed Dr. Ryan Lanigan as the district's next superintendent and voted to adopt a $54,008,437 spending plan for the 2026-2027 school year, according to minutes covering back-to-back board meetings on March 23 and April 6. At the April 6 meeting, a resolution appointing Lanigan as Superintendent of Schools was moved, with his appointment set to commence July 1, 2026 and run through June 30, 2029. The motion carried 8 Ayes, 1 Nay, 0 Abstentions, with board member Earl Rudy casting the dissenting vote. The minutes do not record who moved or seconded the resolution, nor any board discussion of the appointment beyond the vote itself. Later at the same meeting, the board voted to adopt the 2026-2027 School District Appropriation Budget in the amount of $54,008,437, to be submitted to voters on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. The vote was 9 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Abstentions. As with the superintendent vote, the minutes do not record who moved or seconded the budget motion. At the preceding meeting on March 23, Business Administrator Jennifer Woody gave the board a state budget update that included a proposed 2026-2027 budget timeline listing April 28, 2026 for the district's budget adoption, ahead of a May 5 public hearing and the May 19 budget vote. The board went on to adopt the budget on April 6, more than three weeks earlier than the April 28 date shown in that timeline; the minutes do not explain the change. Woody's March 23 presentation also detailed proposed 2026-2027 staffing changes, including 20 teaching assistant positions across 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, a JCB English teacher replacement, an EJD math teacher change attributed to attrition or transfer, a new MAM Behavioral Specialist position, and an additional teaching assistant position. On the revenue side, she cited a 2% "Save (Hold) Harmless" assumption for foundation aid, a proposed 1% tax levy increase generating $179,531, use of $550,000 in fund balance, and use of $500,000 in reserves, noting reserves were not used in the 2025-2026 budget. Also on March 23, the board voted 9-0 to authorize a proposition asking voters, on May 19, to approve raising the Phoenix Public Library's tax levy by $4,526, for a total levy amount of $170,041. It then considered awarding a Phase III controls contract for the district's capital project to Day Automation, with a base bid of $1,989,149.76; the minutes record only a motion and second for that item, with no vote tally, before moving to the next item. The board then voted 9-0 to authorize establishing a Reserve for Capital Projects and Bus Purchases for a period of ten years, not to exceed $10,000,000, contingent on voter approval. The board also voted 9-0 to ratify and extend, through the 2027-2028 school year, its collective bargaining agreements with both the district's Administrative & Supervisory group and the Phoenix Central School Clerical Association. Earlier in the March 23 meeting, Superintendent Chris Byrne updated the board on a travel delay involving the EJD Jazz Band, whose flights home from a trip were canceled the previous week. He credited band teacher Joanna Young, art teacher Brandi Finiss, four chaperones including Megan Chawgo, travel agent Wendy Dunnigan, the district's Business Office under Jennifer Woody, and the Transportation Department with arranging students' safe return; he said some chaperones are being reimbursed for additional costs upon submitting claims forms. Chawgo, a parent and trip chaperone, told the board that, in her opinion, the trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida "did not go smoothly", and asked how trips are approved and later reviewed, and about the qualifications of the medical personnel assigned to the trip, citing an incident involving a student and a lack of medications on hand. Board member Earl Rudy said the itinerary review process has been ongoing during his 20 years on the board. Byrne said he had already reviewed the district's field-trip policy, was working with Woody and the policy committee, and planned to contact BOCES for guidance on medical-related travel policy, and that he would follow up with Chawgo separately. Other March 23 business approved 9-0 included the BOE's minutes from March 9 and March 10, personnel appointments, retirements and resignations based on the Superintendent's recommendations, recommendations from the Committee on Special Education and Preschool Special Education, travel for the JCB Robotics Team to the Vex Robotics World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri (April 20-25, 2026), a second reading of policies numbered 1310, 6410, 6411 and 6412, and acceptance of Treasurer's Reports for January and February 2026. The board approved its 2026-2027 meeting calendar on a separate 8-0 vote. A motion to approve Sunday building use for the Phoenix Indoor Percussion Ensemble's March 29 rehearsal is recorded in the minutes as "Motion Tabled", alongside a recorded 9 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Abstentions.