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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Haldane 2011-12 Budget Cut Proposals

At the March 1 Board of Education meeting Superintendent Villanti gave his proposal for achieving a below 2% tax increase in the 2011-12 Haldane School budget. These suggestions will receive careful consideration by the the Board, and for the next few meetings the Board will evaluate and discuss the spending plan which voters will be asked to approve on May 17. Following are Dr. Villanti's suggestions for cutting spending next year:

BUDGET REDUCTIONS & SAVINGS
  • Reduce Spanish (new hire) to .6 FTE
  • Sustain reduction of Special Ed. to .6 FTE
  • Eliminate 1 typist through attrition
  • Eliminate 1 teacher aide through attrition
  • Reduce Occupational Therapy costs through previous in district hiring.
  • Reduce summer school by $10K.
  • Reduce special education tuition
  • Reduce by 5% district, building & athletic budgets in materials and equipment
  • Reduce O & M budget by $25K
  • Eliminate bus purchases from base budget by $100K & offer as a proposition. Use capital reserve to fund.
  • Reduce health care costs by $35K through increased buyouts and more efficient billing procedures.
  • Freeze all new expenditures that are not Health & Safety related.
  • Evaluate any resignations during school year for alternate means of providing services.
  • Staff any new special education aides or teaching assistants through existing staffing.
  • Accrue “breakage” from teacher retirements of $100K.
Total savings -- $482K

(source: Haldane School website)
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