This presentation is a combined presentation from
the three previous School Committee meetings where the various portions of the proposed budget have been discussed.
This is still a working draft budget and the public hearing is an opportunity for ongoing feedback.
Slides 5 & 6 provide a summary of the budget timeline and process for development
Public Hearing Presentation
Budget Guidelines
Timeline
Budget Development Process
District Overview: 2014-2015
Current funding
Current & Projected Enrollment
Proposed Budget FY 16
Discussion & Questions
Agenda
Sustain Excellence of Teaching & Learning
Provide Safe & Well Maintained Facilities
Hire and Retain High Quality Personnel
Manage Growth & Budget Impacts
Budget Guidelines
Timeline:
9/8: Budget Schedule set with SC.
9/17: Prep sheets to
Principals/Directors
10/1: Budget meetings start
10/17: Notes to Forbes
11/5, 12,19: Presentations
11/19: Superintendent’s Final Recommendations
12/3: Public Hearing Advertised
12/10: Budget Available & SC Public Hearing
12/17: SC Votes Budget
12/19: Budget to Selectmen & Town Finance Com.
1/2015: Monitor enrollment, mandates, & Special Education
1/2015 – 3/2015: Communicate as needed
3/14: Town Meeting
Budget Development Process
Articulate Educational Vision and Mission
Develop & Approve District Goals
Assess Enrollment & Space Projections
Objective: Sustain class size guidelines
Review Level Service Budget Needs
Seek cost saving measures
Reallocation of resources
Forecast Infrastructure Needs
Transportation, utilities, leases, services, etc.
Evaluate Program Improvements & Innovations
Leadership Team works toward decisions
Stage decisions into Long Range Plan
FISCAL YEAR 15
GENERAL FUND BUDGET GRAPHED BY CATEGORY
TUITIONS,
2,266,603
TRANSPORT 2,436,743
SALARIES, 35,075,920
CONTRACTED SERVICES,
1,444,188
TECHNOLOGY, 587,025
EQUIPMENT, 108,620
SUPPLIES, 779,228 TEXTBOOKS,
314,317
UTILITIES, 967,167
TOTAL FY15 BUDGET $ 43,978,811
FISCAL YEAR 15
GENERAL FUND BUDGET BY CATEGORY
FY14 FY15 % OF BUD % INCREASE DIFFERENCE
TUITIONS * 2,403,917 2,266,603 5.15% -5.7% (137,314)
TRANSPORTATION 2,231,103 2,436,743 5.54% 9.2% 205,640
SALARIES 33,852,709 35,075,920 79.75% 3.6% 1,223,211
CONTRACTED SERVICES 1,508,915 1,444,188 3.28% -4.3% (64,727)
TECHNOLOGY 599,525 587,025 1.33% -2.1% (12,500)
EQUIPMENT 108,750 108,620 0.25% -0.1% (130)
SUPPLIES 765,231 779,228 1.77% 1.8% 13,997
TEXTBOOKS 235,433 314,317 0.71% 33.5% 78,884
UTILITIES 988,625 967,167 2.20% -2.2% (21,458)
TOTAL 42,694,208 43,979,811 100% 3.01% 1,285,603
* Additional Special Education Tuitions of $2,332,915 are paid by grants & Circuit Breaker.
Additional funding not included above from STM - $90K for High School Wireless Access
Student Enrollment has increased over past 3 yrs.
Growth impacts the budget: Maintaining class size Supplies and set up costs Infrastructure changes Staffing support
Students benefiting from & requiring support has
increased: District growth in Special Ed., ELL and low income students
impacts budget: Out of district placement cost Program and transportation In district programming cost: Personnel:
Paraeducators, Specialized faculty ELL tutors, Literacy and Math support
Space: Classroom setup cost Use of building ‘footprint’
PK-12 District Profile
ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL Actual # OF AVG CL PROJECTED DIFF FRM
SCHOOL FY12 FY13 FY14 FY 15 TEACHERS SIZE FY16 PRIOR YR
Hastings
PRK-F 7 15 17 40
PRK-H 87 71 83 70 6
K Total 73 85 89 84 4 21
1 71 83 99 101 5 20
2 97 75 84 96 5 19
3 93 100 69 89 4 22
TOTAL 428 429 441 480 24 500 20
Fales
K Total 76 54 69 79 4 20
1 65 83 66 74 4 19
2 76 64 84 78 4 20
3 79 83 75 96 4 24
TOTAL 296 284 294 327 16 347 20
Armstrong
K Total 94 91 87 97 5 19
1 94 103 94 92 5 18
2 100 94 102 104 5 21
3 119 104 93 103 5 21
TOTAL 407 392 376 396 20 406 10
WESTBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STUDENT ENROLLMENT FY 16
ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL Actual # OF AVG CL PROJECTED DIFF FRM
SCHOOL FY12 FY13 FY14 FY 15 TEACHERS SIZE FY16 PRIOR YR
Mill Pond
4 262 301 300 247 10 24.7 288
5 277 261 309 306 13 24 247
6 272 285 264 310 13 24 306
TOTAL 811 847 873 863 36 841 -22
Gibbons
7 253 276 289 269 12 310
8 254 248 278 285 12 269
TOTAL 507 524 567 554 24 579 25
High
9 302 254 236 266 285
10 274 299 259 239 266
11 255 274 291 252 239
12 236 258 274 292 252
TOTAL 1067 1085 1060 1049 66 1042 -7
TTL TEACHERS 185.6
IN-DISTRICT 3516 3561 3611 3669 3715
O.DISTRICT 45 41 35 35 34
GRAND TTL 3561 3602 3646 3704 3749
CHANGE FROM
PRIOR YEAR 41 44 58 45CHANGE FROM FY
12 199
WESTBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STUDENT ENROLLMENT FY 16
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
ELL Low Income
Number of ELL and Low Income Students
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Westborough State
Percent of Students Who Are Special Needs
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Health Multiple Disabilities Autism Neurological
Number of Westborough Students With Intensive Disabilities Reported by State Defined Categories
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
Budget Recommendation
YEAR
FY’ 15 Budget
FY’ 16 Proposed
Difference
Total Percent
BUDGET
$43, 979,811
$45, 107,479
$1,127,668
2.56%
Known and Anticipated Contract Obligations
Enrollment Changes
Class Size Guidelines
Special Education
Program Improvements
No Contingencies
Effective Use of offsets: Revolving accounts Circuit Breaker and Grants
Budget Overview 2.56% Increase over FY15 Reflects:
Elementary: K-6
Staffing: (Enrollment and Program Need)
1.0 K-3 Teacher (Fales/Hastings)
1.0 Gd. 4 Teacher
Mandated Program Staffing: 1.0 Gd. 4 Special Educator
.75 Special Ed. Reading Teacher
1.0 ELL Teacher (.5 Fales, .25 Armstrong, .25
Hastings)
.5 Integrated Preschool Teacher
.5 ELL Math Tutor (Fales)
Support Staff: .5 Assistant Principal Mill Pond
.2 Secretary increase: Mill Pond
Specialists: .20 K-3 Strings Teacher
.05 x 2 Art
.10 Music
.10x 2 PE
2.0 Library Media Specialists: (shared to K-3)
7-12 MS and HS & K-12 District Position
Middle School:
Mandated Program Staffing: 1.0 Gd. 7&8 Special Educator
.25 Special Ed. Reading Teacher
K-12 District Wide:
1.0 Data Specialist
High School: Mandated Program Staffing:
1:1 Para hours for Unified Track
Student Support Program: 1.0 Social Worker
1.0 Tutor
Specialists .20 Strings (HS)
.20 Fine Arts Director (K-12)
-.80 Reallocation of staffing
PreK-12 District-wide Supplies & Program
Athletics: Unified track
Buses, equipment
Girl’s Hockey
Program cost
Curriculum Materials: French texts
ELL Supplies
Engineering Design (HS)
WISC/Woodcock Test Materials
Classroom Furniture:
New room set up (4 rooms)
Replacement furniture
Technology K-12
5 Carts of mobile devices
Brightlinks & Doc cameras
Assistive Technology
FY16 REQUESTS
MOVED TO FUTURE FY
LOCATION ACCOUNT NO. TITLE FTE FY16 SALARY JUSTIFICATION FY17 FY18 NOTES
GIBBONS 00102-5103 SECRETARY 0.00
PART TIME SEASONAL TO ASSIST WITH PEAK VOLUME & STUDENT ACTIVITY MONITORING 12,840 .20 fte requested
GIBBONS 00208-5121 SPED Teacher 1.00 64,202 Accommodate Transition Student from MP
GIBBONS 00208-5121 READING TEACHER SPED 0.25 16,051 Wilson Trained 0.75 shared with Mill Pond Shared with Mill Pond
DISTRICT 00202-5120 FINE ARTS DIR 0.20 9,338 INCREASE 10 MO. TO 12 MO.
HIGH SCHL ATHLETICS 00305-5122 ATHLETICS PARA 1:1 - FOUR @30 HRS 2,130 UNIFIED TRACK
HIGH SCHL 00304-5121A STRINGS 0.20 13,000 INCREASE EXISTING STAFF
HASTINGS 00108-5120 COORDINATOR SPED 0.00 ALLOWS PRE SCHL DIR TO FOCUS SOLEY ON PRE SCHL 32,101 .50 requested
HASTINGS 00108-5121H ELL TEACHER 0.25 16,050 ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHIC NEEDS 48,151 .50 teacher requested
HASTINGS/FALES 00107-5121H Enrollment based TEACHER 1.00 64,202 ENROLLMENT Where needed Combined w/Fales
HASTINGS 00107-5121H ART TEACHER 0.05 3,210 ADDED GR 3 CLASS INCR EXISTING STAFF
HASTINGS 00107-5121H MUSIC TEACHER 0.00 - ADDED GR 3 CLASS NEW HIRE? 3,210
HASTINGS 00107-5121H PE TEACHER 0.10 6,420 ADDED GR 3 CLASS
HASTINGS 00108-5121H INTEGRATED PRE SCHL TEACHER 0.50 32,101 INCR ENROLLMENT
MILL POND 00108-5121M GR 4 INTENSIVE TEACHER SPED 1.00 64,202
5 new intensive students from Fales, with 2 students moving to GMS, brings total to 8; too many for one classroom with intensive needs and 1:1 ABA instruction
MILL POND 00108-5121M READING TEACHER SPED 0.75 48,151 Wilson Trained 0.25 shared with Gibbons
MILL POND 00108-5121M ELL TEACHER SPED 0.00 - SUPPORT IEPs; Caseloads of SPED and ESL have no room for them to cross team 64,202 1.0 fte REQUESTED
MILL POND 00102-5103 SECRETARY 0.20 20,764 10 mo to 12 mo front office due to year-round demands $34,861 TO $55,625
MILL POND 00102-5103 SECRETARY -0.10 (14,648) Reduce guidance from 12 mo to 11 months; only if other is increased to 12 months $55,625 TO $40,977
MILL POND 00107-5121M GR 4 TEACHER 1.00 64,202 Maintenance of class size, stability of team structure
MILL POND 00102-5120 ASST PRINCIPAL 0.50 44,697
Additional support for size of school (870 students, 140+ staff, 5 sub-separate classrooms, complexity of student profile, schedules, etc.) 44,697 1.0 Requested
FALES 00108-5121F ELL TEACHER 0.50 32,101 DUE TO ENROLLMENT
FALES 00107-5122B ELL MATH TUTOR 0.50 20,000 DUE TO ENROLLMENT
FALES 00107-5121F GR 3-5 MUSIC 0.10 6,420 DUE TO ENROLLMENT INCR
FALES 00107-5121F GR 3-5 ART 0.05 3,210 DUE TO ENROLLMENT 3,210 .10 fte requested
FALES/Hastings 00109-5121F KINDY TEACHER/enrollment based 0.00 - ADDED CLASS DUE TO ENROLLMENT Combined with Hastings
FALES 00107-5121F PE TEACHER 0.10 6,420 DUE TO ENROLLMENT
ARMSTRONG 00108-5121A ELL TEACHER 0.25 16,050 DUE TO ENROLLMENT 48,151 1.0 fte requested
DISTRICT 00407-5122 DATA MANAGER 1.00 65,000 INCREASED STATE MANDATES
DISTRICT 00107-5121F STRINGS K-3 0.20 12,840 INCREASE EXISTING STAFF
ARMSTRONG 00103-5121 1 LIBRARY TECH SPECIALISTS 0.50 32,101 REINSTATING POS. -RESEARCH/IMPL OF COMM CORE 32,101 1.0 fte requested Shared w/Fales
FALES 00103-5121 1 LIBRARY TECH SPECIALISTS 0.50 32,101 REINSTATING POS. -RESEARCH/IMPL OF COMM CORE 32,101 1.0 fte shared w/ Armstrong
HASTINGS 00103-5121 1 LIBRARY TECH SPECIALISTS 1.00 64,202 REINSTATING POS. -RESEARCH/IMPL OF COMM CORE 1.0 fte requested
HIGH SCHOOL 00306-5121 SOCIAL WKR TEACHER 1.00 64,202 Student support Program: Regular Ed
HIGH SCHOOL 00304-5122A TUTOR FOR NEW PROGRAM 1.00 36,000 Student support Program: Regular Ed
SUB TTL 13.60 844,720 320,764
FY16 REQUESTS, Cont. LOCATION353 ACCOUNT NO. ITEMS # FOR FY16 DOLLAR AMT JUSTIFICATION
IN BUDGET LINE
MOVED TO FUTURE FY
FY17 FY18 NOTES
GIBBONS 6 PROJECTORS & DOC CAMERAS COMPLETE INVENTORY FOR CURRICULUM Repurposed from other
classes
GIBBONS 05303-5227D 100 FRENCH BOOKS DUE TO HIGH SCHL CHANGE IN TEXTS 6,000
HIGH SCHL ATHLETICS 06314-5229A 3 BUSES UNIFIED TRACK 1,500
HIGH SCHL ATHLETICS 06314-5229A ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT UNIFIED TRACK 1,000
HIGH SCHL ATHLETICS 06314-5229A ATHLETICS GIRLS ICE HOCKEY FEE AT SHREWSBURY - 4 STUDENTS 5,600
HIGH SCHL 06302-5223H ENGINEERING TECH SUPPLIES FOR STEM CURRICULUM BASED TECH 20,000
HIGH SCHL 06317-5223 ELL SUPPLIES INCREASE ENROLLMENT 1,000
HIGH SCHL 10 Bright links & Doc Camera Additional Classroom installations 15,000 15,000 More in yrs. 2 -5
MILL POND SPED 04306-5223A TESTING WISC & WOODCOCK TOOLKIT INCREASE ENROLLMENT 1,000
MILL POND SPED 04302-5223E CLASSROOM FURNITURE/SUPPLIES 11,000 ADDTN'L CLASS STRIDE
HIGH SCHL SPED 06306-5223A TESTING WISC & WOODCOCK TOOLKIT INCREASE ENROLLMENT 3,000
DISTRICT SPED 09314-5205 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY INCREASE NEEDS 5,000
FALES SPED 01306-5223A TESTING WISC & WOODCOCK TOOLKIT INCREASE ENROLLMENT 1,000
ARMSTRONG SPED 03306-5223A TESTING WISC & WOODCOCK TOOLKIT INCREASE ENROLLMENT 1,000
HASTINGS SPED 02306-5223A TESTING WISC & WOODCOCK TOOLKIT UPDATED FOR MANDATED STATE BEST PRACTICES 1,100
HASTINGS 07305-NEW 8 BRIGHTLINKS & Doc Camera 3 Additional Classroom installations 9,000 9,000 6,000 More in yrs. 2 -3
HASTINGS 07305-NEW 24 LAPTOP COMPUTERS/CART INITIATIVE - LABS TO CLASSROOMS 17,000
HASTINGS 02302-5223A DESKS/CHAIRS,SHELVES,TABLES,LIBR,RUG ADDITIONAL GR 3 CLASSROOM 6,500
HASTINGS 02302-5223A CAFETERIA TABLE SYSTEMATIC REPLACEMENT OLD 2,000
FALES 07305-NEW 6 BRIGHTLINKS & Doc Camera 3 Additional Classroom installations 9,000 6,000 3,000 More in yrs. 2 -3
FALES 01302-5223A DESKS/CHAIRS/BOOKCASES KINDY CLASSROOM ADDED 4,990
FALES 01303-5227A, & B,C,D MATH TEXTS CONSUMABLES INCR COST 1,000
FALES 07305-NEW COMPUTER CART INITIATIVE - LABS TO CLASSROOMS 17,000
ARMSTRONG 07305-NEW COMPUTER CART INITIATIVE - LABS TO CLASSROOMS 17,000
ARMSTRONG 07305-NEW 4 BRIGHTLINKS & Doc Camera 3 Additional Classroom installations 9,000 3,000 More in yrs. 2 -3
ARMSTRONG 03303-5227, & A,B,C,D MATH TEXTS CONSUMABLES 2,000 INCR COST
ARMSTRONG 03301-5223 FURNITURE Replacement-Chairs/ Tables 3,000 Age of Furniture
MILL POND 04303-5227A,B,C,D MATH TEXTS CONSUMABLES 2,000 INCR COST
MILL POND 04302-5223A CLASSROOM FURNITURE/SUPPLIES 12,000 ADDITIONAL GR 4 CLASSROOM
MILL POND 07305-NEW COMPUTER CART INITIATIVE - LABS TO CLASSROOMS 17,000
MILL POND 07305-NEW COMPUTER CART INITIATIVE - LABS TO CLASSROOMS 17,000
MILL POND 4 Bright links & Doc Camera Additional Classroom installations 6,000 More in yrs. 3-4
SUB TTL 30,000 173,690 33,000 30,000 -
GRAND
TTL 874,720 353,764 30,000
Deferred Funding Requests: Staffing: .2 Secretary MS
1.0 K-3 Teacher
.5 K-3 Sped. Coordinator Hastings
.10 Music teacher
3.0 ELL Teachers
2.0 Library Media Specialists
.5 Assistant Principal (Mill
Pond)
Materials and Program:
HS Sound system
Teacher Laptops
Upgrade of HS Foreign Language Lab
FY16 PROPOSED BUDGET SUMMARY
FY15 FY16 BUDGET W/REQUESTS
% OF BUD
% INCREASE
DIFFERENCE
TUITIONS 2,266,603 1,208,218 2.73% -46.69% (1,058,385)
TRANSPORTATION 2,436,743 2,483,679 5.62% 1.93% 46,936
SALARIES 35,075,920 37,047,169 81.85% 5.62% 1,971,249
CONTRACTED SERVICES 1,444,188 1,537,918 3.48% 6.49% 93,730
TECHNOLOGY 587,025 722,200 1.63% 23.03% 135,175
EQUIPMENT 108,620 94,595 0.21% -12.91% (14,025)
SUPPLIES 779,228 852,882 1.87% 9.45% 73,654
TEXTBOOKS 314,317 282,817 0.63% -10.02% (31,500)
UTILITIES 967,167 878,001 1.98% -9.22% (89,166)
TOTAL 43,979,811 45,107,479 100% 2.56% 1,127,668
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