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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2009 ATM —MARCH 2009
<br />Expenses
<br />Amount
<br />Teaching staff (16 x $18,000 for a 0.3 FTE increase)
<br />$328,950
<br />Teaching staff 1 x $6,450 for a 0.1 FTE increase
<br />$6,450
<br />2 additional teachers hired due to in-migration
<br />$129,000
<br />Additional specialists
<br />$36,565
<br />Instructional Assistants
<br />$202,472
<br />Financial Assistance*
<br />$27,675
<br />Total
<br />5731,112
<br />Difference
<br />5431
<br />* The financial assistance provided in FY2009 included 19 families at $1,025 ($19,475), 8 families at
<br />$768.75 ($6,150), and 4 families at $512.50 ($2, 050), for a total of $27,675. In addition, 12 SPED students
<br />were not charged tuition as their IEPs required FDK.
<br />Twenty full -day kindergarten classrooms are again planned for the FY2010 school year. Enrollment for
<br />kindergarten for the FY2010 school year as of March 18, 2009 was at 359 students, mirroring the same
<br />level as was experienced at this time last year. However, it is important to note that commitment forms
<br />from parents indicating a preference for either full -day or half -day kindergarten are not due until May 1,
<br />2009. Last year, a relatively large in- migration of students occurred between mid -March and August 1,
<br />resulting in an eventual kindergarten population of 388 students for the FY2009 school year. The influx
<br />was attributed to the opening of Avalon at Lexington Hills, and possibly also to a decision by some parents
<br />who had originally registered their children for private full -day kindergarten programs to switch to the
<br />Lexington program. Based on population and estimated birth rates, the School Department projects
<br />approximately 368 kindergarten students for the FY2010 school year. Other changes for the FY2010 school
<br />year include a proposed fee increase from $1,025 FY0209 to $1,075 for FY2010.
<br />The Full Day Kindergarten program is currently expecting level funding from the Department of Education
<br />grant, and the School Department again plans to use approximately $60,742 of METCO funding for this
<br />program. Any reduction in state funding will be discussed and addressed by the School Committee should
<br />that situation arise.
<br />Description
<br />Amount
<br />Funding
<br />Committee Recommends
<br />Requested
<br />Source
<br />Minuteman Regional High
<br />81,711,554
<br />GF
<br />Approve (9 -0)
<br />School
<br />The MRHS School Committee has accepted a budget for FY2010 of $17,496,001, a $494,379 or 2.9%
<br />budget increase over the current year. This budget assumes level per -pupil funding with level out -of- district
<br />enrollment. Salaries, which make up 60% of the budget, decreased $149,589 (- 1.4 %). Non - salary expenses
<br />increased $501,958 (7.6 %). Within that amount, a three -year computer lease program and realigned
<br />accounting for technology produced a $105,167 (89 %) increase in technology support. Employee benefits
<br />(health, dental, etc) increased $180,482 (8.4 %). The school continues its commitment to infrastructure
<br />renewal with an annual capital budget of $380,000, an increase of $130,000 from last year.
<br />As of October 1, 2008, 632 full -time students were enrolled. Roughly 63% of these students are from in-
<br />district towns and 37% are from out -of- district towns. There are no "Choice" students attending. The in-
<br />district enrollment is 12 students ( -2.9 %) lower and the out -of- district enrollment is 6 students (2.7 %)
<br />higher than one year earlier. Special education students comprise 40% of the FTE enrollment.
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