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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-2019 ATM The new Lexington Children's Place (LCP; preschool) building is expected to open in September 2019, and the new Maria Hastings School building is expected to be occupied in February 2020. These moves have minor effects on the operating budget that are included in the present request. Among these effects, two new custodial positions will be added to support the new facilities. The projected costs including ben- efits of these two custodial positions, $131,400, are carried under Shared Expenses. In presentations, the School Administration has categorized the increases in this budget request relative to the FY2019 request according to the budget drivers shown in the table below. The projected enrollment increases are discussed in more detail below. Budget Driver Amount of increase Percent increase above FY2019 budget above FY2019 budget Contractual increases $2,753,738 2.55% Legal requirements/mandates $1,226,899 1.13% Enrollment increases $1,589,718 1.47% Program improvements $372,519 0.34% Source: School Department Presentation FY 2020 Budget Overview,March 14,2019. Further information about the budget request may be found in the"Education" section of the Brown Book and in the "The Level Service and Recommended Budget of the School Committee As voted February 5, 2019"(hereafter"LPS Budget Book"; available on-line at https://1 ps.1 exi ngtonma.org/Page/11276). A breakdown of this operating budget into (a) salaries and wages, and(b) expenses is shown below. FY2019 Budget FY2020 Dollar Percent Appropriation Summary (adjusted) Recommended Increase Increase Salary and Wages $90,703,277 $95,442,183 $4,738,905 5.22% Expenses $17,408,168 $18,111,574 $703,406 4.04% 1100 Lexington Public Schools $108,111,445 $113,553,757 $5,442,312 5.03% Source:Article 11 Motion,dated March 15,2019. Salaries and Wates Salaries and wages make up 84%of the FY2020 request. The increase over FY2019 comprises both salary increases for existing staff and the addition to the staff of 26.63 full-time equivalent(FTE) employees. Salary increases result from step increases,cost of living adjustments (COLA), and any position reclassifi- cations.The budget takes both anticipated bargaining unit settlements and increases for non-union positions into account.The current status of collective bargaining agreements and corresponding expiration dates can be found in the Brown Book on page III-11. The increases in staff are largely driven by enrollment increases. See the Brown Book or the LPS Budget Book for a detailed list of new positions. The cost of the benefits associated with the new positions, $369,162,is included in under Shared Expenses. Expenses Expenses make up 16% of the FY2020 request. An increase in out-of-district tuition of$282,487 is the largest of any line in the detailed expense budget(see the"Expenses" section of the LPS Budget Book). School Enrollments The student population that the district serves includes the following categories: • PreK in-district including special education and tuition paying general education students; • K-12 in-district general education and special education(including METCO); 12