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FY26 Superintendent's Proposed Budget — File 25-1037

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5/7/2025 Organization Changes FY24 Change FY25 Change FY26 S01 SC FY26 MASC review, printing 10,000 MASC Annual Fee 22,650 - 22,650 10,000 32,650 S02 Administration FY26 Reduction: Alignment of HR/PR systems (30,000) FY26 Eliminate Website Upgrade - Complete (6,000) FY26 Reduction: Data Dashboard (20,000) FY26 Eliminate Enrollment Study - FY23 (50,000) FY26 Eliminate Wage Study, Curriculum Study- FY22 (80,000) FY25 Website System Upgrade 6,000 FY25 Reduction: SFE - Absence Management Support (10,000) FY25 Increased Legal Costs related to New Contract 40,000 FY25 Data Dashboard 40,000 FY25 Align HR/PR systems 50,000 775,522 126,000 901,522 (186,000) 715,522 S03 Curriculum FY26 Illstrative Mathematics K-8 70,000 FY26 ELA Curriculum grades 3-5 200,000 FY26 iReady Student Assessment 15,000 FY26 Middle grades Science pilot 25,000 FY26 Eliminate subscriptions Turnitin, Unruly Splats (13,150) FY26 Eliminate NewsELA (24,000) FY26 Eliminate Beautiful Stuff (20,000) FY25 Unidos Curriculum (pre-paid, not included in allocation) FY25 Newsela (pre-paid, not included in allocation) FY25 Curriculum and Software 75,000 FY25 Reduction of Breakthrough (480,000) FY25 Move Out of School Time to new budget (500,000) 1,302,615 (905,000) 397,615 252,850 650,465 S04 Student Services FY25 Additional Funding for Restorative Justice Trainings 30,000 FY25 Additional Embedded Contracts 396,500 182,100 396,500 578,600 - 578,600 S05 Technology FY26 Replacement of projectors 40,000 FY26 Increase in annual maintenance contracts 10,200 FY26 Replacement of computers/monitors 75,000 FY25 WiFi Hotspots (151,000) FY25 Chromebooks 829,500 (151,000) 678,500 125,200 803,700 S06 Facilities 442,304 - 442,304 - 442,304 S07 Prof Dev 175,000 - 175,000 - 175,000 S08 Transportation FY26 Estimated contract increases 162,500 FY26 Transfer of McKenney Vento funds (338,985) FY25 Transportation Contract for Winter Hill & Agreement with YMCA to transportion to swimming classes at the Kennedy 109,999 1,515,680 109,999 1,625,679 (176,485) 1,449,194 S09 Nursing FY26 Estimated increase in supplies 5,000 FY25 Increase AED Maintenance 1,300 FY25 Reduction in Contracted Nursing Services (13,900) FY26 Superintendent's Budget Projection
75,675 (12,600) 63,075 5,000 68,075 S10 Equity 80,000 - 80,000 - 80,000 S11 Brown 24,930 - 24,930 - 24,930 S12 OST FY26 Move funds to salary account for OST staff (90,000) FY25 New organization for Out of School Time 1,070,000 1,070,000 1,070,000 (90,000) 980,000 S13 ESCS FY25 Unidos Curriculum moved to Curriculum budget (54,500) 122,264 (54,500) 67,764 - 67,764 S14 Capuano 35,990 - 35,990 - 35,990 S15 Healey FY25 Becoming a Man (BAM) to OST budget (105,000) FY25 Parent Group Engagement 10,000 153,220 (95,000) 58,220 - 58,220 S16 Kennedy 52,940 - 52,940 - 52,940 S17 AFAS 73,100 - 73,100 - 73,100 S19 WSNS 37,030 - 37,030 - 37,030 S21 WHCS FY25 Parent Group Engagement 10,000 45,540 10,000 55,540 - 55,540 S31 SHS FY26 Decrease NEASC Accreditation cost (20,000) FY26 Supplies CTE Program 45,000 FY25 Becoming a Man (BAM) to OST budget (105,000) FY25 Follow visit NEASC Accreditation 20,000 FY25 Supplies CTE Program (pre-paid not included in FY25 Maintenance Contracts for CTE Program 10,000 FY25 Enroot 40,000 600,250 (35,000) 565,250 25,000 590,250 S32 Athletics FY26 Increase in Custodial Rates - 5,000 405,800 - 405,800 5,000 410,800 S46 Art 51,125 - 51,125 - 51,125 S47 MLE FY26 Unidos Curriculum 45,000 56,000 56,000 45,000 101,000 S50 Guidance & CCR FY25 College Advisors (22,000) 149,892 (22,000) 127,892 - 127,892 S51 Health/PE 60,500 - 60,500 - 60,500 S52 Library FY26 Increase in library software contracts 7,500 FY25 Library software 5,000 70,000 5,000 75,000 7,500 82,500 S53 Music
Moving HS Music Budget to Dept 50,625 - 50,625 - 50,625 S55 World Languages Move HS World Language Budget to Dept 38,750 - 38,750 - 38,750 S56 SFLC FY25 Costs for Youth Harbors not covered by grant funding 26,000 FY25 Lease for Playgroup Space 5,000 FY25 Additional translation needs 8,000 94,095 39,000 133,095 - 133,095 S57 Early Childhood FY25 Mentoring contracts-transition from CPPI 50,000 30,500 50,000 80,500 80,500 S62 Special Ed FY26 New Contract for SPED Transportation 496,000 FY26 Projected increase in private tuitions 250,000 FY26 Increase in Circuit Breaker funding (425,000) FY25 SPED Contracts moving from ESSER 125,000 10,370,200 125,000 10,495,200 321,000 10,816,200 S62 FC/NW 38,450 - 38,450 - 38,450 Total Non-Salary accounts 17,962,247 18,618,646 18,962,711 Total Change to Non-Salary accounts 2,294,760 656,399 344,065 14.71% 3.65% 1.85% S00 Salaries FY26 Projected salaries for mid-year hires 323,109 FY26 Move salary from OST budget to salary 90,000 FY26 Projected salaries new positions 615,200 FY26 Decrease in Title 1 funds 175,000 FY26 Salary adjustment, which includes all negotiated and estimated raises, longevity, step increases adjusted for retirements. 4,029,449 Total Salary accounts 82,090,462 6,037,907 88,128,369 5,232,758 93,361,127 Total % change to Salary 7.36% 5.94% Total Budget 100,052,709 106,747,015 112,323,838 Total 7,315,507 6,694,306 5,576,823 Total % 7.89% 6.69% 5.22%