FY '07
Budget Increases and Decreases
1210 Superintendents Office - Increase of $4,626 due to negotiated
administrative assistant salary obligations, the addition of a .4 clerical
person to assume the duties associated with after hour building use by the
community and schools and the reduction in superintendent salaries during
transitioning.
1410 Accounts Payable - Increase of $19,617 due to negotiated salary
obligations and business consultant services.
1420 Payroll/Benefits - Increase of $3,667 due to negotiated obligations.
1450 Administrative Technology - Increase of $81,736 due to the purchase of a
new Windows financial software package and associated hardware and training. The
current platform is DOS based and will no longer have tech support assistance
available after this year.
2110 Supervision - Increase of $21,919 due to negotiated obligations, the
implementation of Academic Coordinators Grades 6-12 to replace Department Heads
Grades 9-12 to increase student achievement.
2210 Principals Office - Decrease of $36,486 due to the hiring of new
elementary principals and high school vice principal at lower rates and
reduction of an interim principal salary, in spite of negotiated salary
increases.
2220 School Curriculum Leaders - Decrease of $5,196 due to the change in line
item to 2110 Supervisors for former Department Heads.
2250 Building Technology - Increase of $27,830 transferred from Technology
Maintenance (4450TM) for state code alignment as well as for miscellaneous
building technology supplies .
2305 Classroom Teachers - Increase of $880,701 due to negotiated obligations,
increased enrollments resulting in the addition of a grade 3 teacher at the Solmonese
School, two grade 7 teachers at the middle school to help meet the state
time-on-learning requirements, 1.6 math teachers and a .4 science at the high
school teacher which will provide additional course offerings to students, and
the hiring of an additional technology teacher at the middle school to provide
students with more than 22 class periods of technology per year (passing of MCAS
Science and Technology will become a requirement for graduation. This
middle school teacher will help provide the necessary foundation).
New positions account for $332,124
Negotiated 3% increase and steps (longevity & educational) account for the
balance of $548,577
FY ’06 $8,884,915
FY ’07 $9,765, 616 Difference $880,701
2310 Teacher Specialists - Increase of $241,324 due to contractual obligations
for art, music, physical education, health, special education teachers, tutors
and the hiring of a reading teacher at Yelle and one half-day art and computer
teacher at the Nourse and Solmonese schools are required to revert back to prior
year needed staffing levels.
2320 Medical/Therapeutic - Increase of $15,519 due to the addition of a
special education ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) teacher to cost save from the
ever-increasing Therapy Service special education line.
2325 Substitute Salaries - Decrease of $12,351 to be more in line with 2005
expenditures.
2330 Paraprofessionals - An increase of $68,281 due to negotiated obligations
and the hiring of an educational assistant at the Solmonese School per IEP and a
reading assistant for the Yelle School to return to prior years' staffing
levels.
2340 Library/Media Centers - Increase of $8,979 due to negotiated salary
obligations.
2351 Professional Development Leadership - An increase of $3,533 due to
negotiated obligations.
2353 Teacher/Staff Professional Development - Increase of $3,000 due to a
negotiated increase for course reimbursement for staff.
2410 Textbooks - Increase of $152,249 due to enrollment increases, state and
federal learning standards, increased costs of books and the purchase of math,
social studies, science, foreign language and English texts.
2415 Other Instructional Materials - An increase of $209,703 due to little/no
increases in the last three years, as a result, needs have caught up with us.
Increase of $due to the purchase of audio-visual (AV) materials for the
libraries that were severely neglected in recent years, the purchase of math and
science kits that are needed to complement the new math and science series and
the purchase of books and periodicals for the high school library to keep a
competitive edge.
2420 Instructional Equipment - Decrease of $20,248 due to a recalculation of
copy machine lease agreements.
2451 Classroom Technology - Increase of $160,044 for the replacement of
computers in the labs at the Yelle, middle and high schools.
2455 Instructional Software - Increase of $15,399 due to the re-alignment of a
hardware line item for state code integrity.
2710 Guidance - Reduction of $23,365 due to the reclassification of line
items.
3300 Transportation - Increase of $37,113 due primarily to sped
out-of-district school costs that are not currently reimbursed by the state
Circuit Breaker reimbursement program.
3510 Athletic Services - Increase of $44,388 due to the addition of 4 high
schools sports and associated costs; new equipment, coach & A.D. negotiated
salary increases, and transportation.
3520 Student Activities - Increase of $1,445 due to the creation of a Homework
Club at the middle school and a decrease in high school salaries as a result of
a recalculation.
3600 School Security - Decrease of $16,000 due to the elimination of a high
school restroom security position.
4110 Custodial Services - Increase of $12,848 due to increased building needs
and associated costs of custodial materials and equipment.
4120 Heating of Buildings - Increase of $181,920 due to significant gas &
electrical costs to heat buildings. Any cost-avoidance savings to be realized
from the Energy Education Program cannot be estimated at this time.
4130 Utility Services - Increase of $101,688 due to increased costs for
electricity, sewage, telephone, and waste water treatment.
4210 Maintenance of Grounds - Increase of $51,170 due costs for materials &
equipment, contractual costs related to field/grounds care, and a realignment of
a grounds person from building maintenance salaries to grounds maintenance
salaries.
4220 Maintenance of Buildings - Decrease of $10,200 due to the transfer of a
building maintenance salary and overtime to grounds maintenance (4210).
4230 Maintenance of Equipment - Increase of $91,850 due to service agreements
and materials costs for plumbing, electrical, heating/ventilation, burglar
alarms, pest control, fire alarms, boiler, glass repairs, AC/refrigeration, etc.
4400 Networking & Telecommunications - Decrease of $15,720 due to the
attainment of a different vendor for the district's internet provider and EdLine capabilities.
4450 Technology Maintenance - Decrease of $20,156 due to a transfer to the
2250TM building technology account per state code.
7300 Acquisition of Equipment - Increase of $8,053 due to purchase of lockers
for growing middle school enrollments.
7400 Replacement of Equipment - Increase of $2,540 for the replacement of
windows, shades, cabinets, and paint at the Solmonese School.
9100 Tuition at MA Schools (out-of-district) - A decrease of $37,900 is
realized as there are no students currently enrolled in such placements, due to
graduation.
9300 Tuition to Private Schools - Increase of $177,692 due to increased
enrollments, services and tuition increases for special needs students in
out-of-districts schools.
9400 Tuition to Collaboratives - A decrease of $95,031 due to bringing
students back in to district programs from more costly out-of-district school
placements.
