Last week’s report in Area Roundup of the dissolution of the Baldwin City technology company Reflective Group doesn’t mean the end of the online enrollment program the company developed with the Baldwin school district and later sold to the Eudora school district.

Baldwin Superintendent Paul Dorathy said RG Fiber, which shared Mike Bosch as CEO with Reflective Group, was maintaining the online enrollment program. The district was working through a few bugs and should start its online enrollment for the 2016-17 school year within days, he said.

What makes the RG Fiber online enrollment software attractive to the district is its capacity to allow parents to make payments as they enroll students in free, reduced or full payment lunch categories. Dorathy said parents or guardians could also designate transportation or any special needs a child might have.

Those uncomfortable with paying district fees online can enroll and make payments with cash, check or card at Baldwin High School, Dorathy said. As was the case last year, parents and guardians can click on icon of the district’s website, usd348.com, to link to online enrollment forms.

The Eudora school district’s online enrollment started Thursday, said Kristin Magette, district communications director. The option was very well received with its introduction last year, she said.

Parents and guardians can enroll online before Aug. 2 at eudoraschools.org/enroll. Those wanting to make direct payment can do so at the district office, 1310 Winchester St.

There will be a walk-in event for families without internet access or an email account, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, in the Eudora High School library.

In a normal year, the Baldwin school board would approve its 2016-17 budget for publication at its regular July meeting. But as even distracted readers must know, this is not a normal year, and the budget is not on the board’s agenda for its Monday meeting.

Dorathy said because the Legislature only arrived at a new school funding formula after a June special session, the district has extra time to work on the budget. A special meeting would be called for later in July to consider the budget for publication, he said.

The good news for local taxpayers is that the Legislature added state equalization money back into the district local option budget to meet the Kansas Supreme Court’s demand. Without that, the Baldwin school board would have had to ask more of district taxpayers to keep its local option budget revenue at the same level as 2015-16, Dorathy said.

The Baldwin City Council reached consensus on a 2017 budget at a Monday work session that would raise the city’s mill levy from 42.304 mills to 43.804. The budget would cap general fund expenditures at $3 million, an increase from the $2.8 million in spending of the current year.

Brad Smith, Baldwin City financial director, said the increased spending authority reflected the city’s increased costs from inflation.

The City Council will consider approving publication of the budget when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday at the Baldwin City Public Library.

The Eudora City Commission will have a work session on its 2017 budget starting 6 p.m. July 21 at Eudora City Hall.

Paschal Fish Park in Eudora is now closed, but those who enjoy its greenery and playgrounds will be happy to know the park is being upgraded. In May, the Eudora City Commission agreed to install sidewalks and new playground equipment at the park.

The Lumberyard Arts Center will have its July art walk starting 6:30 p.m. Friday at the arts center, 718 High St. The event will include live music, sidewalk chalk art for children and adults to promote the planned community mural and a showing of the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” which will be the theme of the art center’s annual summer fundraiser on Aug. 6.

The Friends of the Baldwin City Public Library will sponsor a presentation from Robin Schulte on “PreTV: The Powerful Art of Storytelling,” starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the library, 800 Seventh St. Schulte will share folk tales and stories that entertained families in the days before radio and television.

The annual Lawrence Memorial Hospital Summer Spray 5K run/walk in Eudora will start at 7 a.m. July 30 at the Eudora Recreation Center, 1630 Elm St. Registration is $10 for those 12 years of age and younger and $30 for adults. Adults who register online at lmhendowment.org/home/events/summer-spray-5k/ before July 23 can save $5 on the registration fee.