Schools
Proposed School Budget Up 2.8 Percent
Superintendent says spending plan for 2012 balances education needs with available resources.
The proposed budget for the next school year adds positions in some areas, cuts them in others and shifts responsibilities to keep classroom sizes at current levels, Superintendent Lynne Celli said at Wednesday's School Committee meeting.
The proposal also saves money by replacing the higher salaries of experienced staff who are retiring with the lower salaries of newcomers.
The School Committee is scheduled to vote on the proposal March 9.
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Here are some highlights:
- The addition of an elementary health teacher.
- The retirement of a Middle School English teacher, to be replaced with lower salaried teacher.
- The reduction of a Middle School teacher; students shifted to an intervention program reduced the number of classroom teachers needed.
- The retirement of a High School guidance position, to be replaced with a lower salaried person.
- The reduction of an Alternate High School special education teacher because there will be fewer students to teach next year.
- The addition of a Stanley School special education teacher.
- The addition of a Stanley School math tutor.
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Budget Revenue Sources
2010 2011 (estimate) 2012 (proposed) Percent Change Town $22,357,871 $23,020,000 $23,555,400 2.33 * Circuit Breaker $453,444 $351,129 $295,973 -15.71 Grants $1,522,050 $1,290,029 $1,448,565 12.29 Revolving Accounts $321,708 $481,822 $547,501 13.63 Grand Total $24,655,074 $25,142,981 $25,847,439 2.8* Circuit Breaker dollars come from the government to offset student-placement costs.
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