October 5, 2011 - Superintendent's Initial Budget Presentation to School Committee November 2, 2011 - Approved Budget Timeline for FY '13 Budget Development November 2, 2011 - Fixed increases proposal to SC (for discussion only) OLDER INFORMATION BELOW Annual Budget Report - 5/18/11 FY '12 Proposed Budget - 4/6/11 Budget Timeline School Committee Adopts FY’12 Budget On Wednesday, April 6 the Wells-Ogunquit CSD School Committee adopted a budget for Fiscal Year ’12 (FY’12) in the amount of $21,333,394. This represents an increase in expenditures from the FY’11 budget of $673,978, or 3.2%. There are two very important steps to finalize the budget. On Wednesday, June 1 a Budget Meeting will be held in the Olen Auditorium of Wells High School beginning at 7:00 PM. The budget adopted at that meeting will be presented for a ballot vote to the voters of Wells and Ogunquit on June 14 at the town polling locations. Last year the voters of both towns elected to keep this two-step process, called Budget Validation Referendum, for the next three years. You may view the School Committee’s recommended budget by clicking on the Budget Information tab. To arrive at the $21,333,394 figure, several adjustments were made to the proposed budget. They include the following: Educational Technician I 30,035 Educational Technician III 37,592 Educational Technician III 34,612 Debt Service 50,425 Contingency Account 25,000 Furniture 3,000 Electricity 20,000 Telephone E-Rate 15,000 Health Insurance 50,000 Food Service Subsidy 2,000 Postage 5,000 Anticipated New Hire Savings 12,500 This budget does include new initiatives: WES Grade 2 Teacher 62,826 (part of planned goal to reduce class size in lower grades) WJHS Student Computer Replacement 60,000 (Grades 5 and 6) WHS Architect Study 50,000 (to inform Facilities Committee regarding renovation/build) Soccer Team Grade 7 5,186 Additional drivers of the budget increase include Health Insurance benefits, oil prices, and salaries. The estimated tax impact on a $100,000 of local valuation to each tax payer given the School Committee recommended budget would be: Wells $12.00 Ogunquit $ 3.00 The printed Annual Report with detail will be mailed to residents on or about May 19. If you have questions about the budget please contact the Superintendent’s Office at 646-8331 or by email budget@wocsd.org Thank you for your
continued support of quality education to all the students of our Wells-Ogunquit Community School District. Update on FY'12 Budget Process We continue to work on development of the FY '12 School Budget. At the March 21 meeting the School Committee requested the Superintendent and Administrators develop a list of reductions to present for their consideration of lessening the increase and tax impact. Click here for the list. You will note it eliminates positions, reduces student transportation for instructional trips, as well as student supplies. At the March 30 meeting the School Committee further asked the Superintendent to come back with additional savings or reductions so they could consider keeping the additional teaching position (for WES grade 2 to bring class sizes down from 22 to 17). That information will be presented April 6 at 6:30 PM at the School Committee meeting and the School Committee is scheduled to agree upon a budget total at that time. This will be followed by a May 4 School Committee meeting for approval of the budget and issuing of warrants. Once these totals are set, a Public Budget Meeting is scheduled for June 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM at WHS Olenn Auditorium. This is an important meeting because the registered voters who attend are able to vote on the budget articles. Finally, the referendum vote will take place at the polls on June 14. In Wells, voting takes place in the High School Gymnasium. In Ogunquit, voting takes place at the Dunaway Center. You are encouraged to share your comments at each School Committee meeting during the "public comment" section, by calling School Committee members or the Superintendent, or by using the email budget@wocsd.org . All emailed comments will be shared with the School Committee. Thank you for your continued interest in the budget process. Elaine M. Tomaszewski, Superintendent FY '12 Preliminary Budget - 2/22/11 Budget Presentation to School Committee - 2/16/11 By policy, the WOCSD school budget development begins with initial planning each October for the next fiscal year. Budget Purposes:
The slides posted (Initial FY12 Budget Planning) represent an overview shared at the October 20, 2010 School Committee meeting. As we prepare budget requests we will post additional information on the website. We appreciate your interest in and support of the budget. Any questions regarding the budget process may be e-mailed to budget@wocsd.org or call 646-8331. Please remember School Committee meetings are public meetings. |
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