WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

General Support 2015-2016

Board of Education meeting January 12, 2015

Jose Carrion, Superintendent of Schools Kristen Crandall, School Business Manager

The mission of the Wappingers Central School District is to empower all of our students with the competencies and confidence to challenge

themselves , to pursue their passions and to realize their potential while growing as responsible members of their community.

Budget Thoughts

» An interactive process for the Board of Education

» Provides for the educational needs of students while maintaining compliance with NYS

» We all know this is a budget as it has a lot of numbers in it

Moving Forward…

» Asking questions

» Gathering data

» Providing feedback

» The budget is not just a collection of numbers but an expression of our values and aspirations for the WCSD community

The Components to Balancing a School Budget

General Supports Facilities, Personnel, Business , General Insurance

Instruction Student Programs

Transportation

Benefits Health Insurance, Social Security, Workers

Compensation

General Support Budget – first discussion

Total Component Increase $590,080

• Building Condition Survey $ 42,500 • Security Hardware maintenance $ 65,000 • BOCES $ 191,956

•increase 3% ESTIMATED on actual • Judgements & Claims $ 160,000

•Tax Certs, Minor Medical • General Liability insurance $ 20,210

• 2% ESTIMATED based on actual

2015-2016 General Supports

General Support Comparison

2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

First Draft General Support

17,895,559 17,539,300 17,945,465

Taxpayer Approved

General Support

17,464,082 17,355,384 TBD

First Draft Increase

1.99% 3.40%

Final Budget Change

.62% TBD

Special Project 2015-2016

New York offers school districts the opportunity to budget in the General Fund for a $100,000 capital project.

This project receives aid and does not require the same level of extensive

SED approval as other capital projects.

This is a win-win situation for the District!!!

2015-2016 will be the third year that the District will have utilized this opportunity.

2013-2014 Gayhead sewer line

2014-2015 Water Main at RCK (approval pending with SED)

2015-2016 Yet to be confirmed

2015-2016 State Aid

Tax Cap

Moving forward……. • 2014-2015 budget

impacts

• 1/26/15 Instruction interactive budget presentation

• 2/9/15 Transportation & Undistributed interactive budget presentation

• 2/23/15 Superintendent’s Budget Presentation

Budget Notes

» budget@wcsdny.org will become active

» Presentations and Reports will be posted to BOE section of website

» Continued work on refining estimates and confirming data

» Evaluate BOE feedback for use in budget formulation