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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
» [email protected] 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