School Committee recap - March 27, 2018

The formal budget hearing for the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 19) school budget was the primary topic on Tuesday night. The proposed budget was tweaked slightly to bring it into balance by using $900,000+ in additional funds from the schools revolving accounts. 

The budget totals to be appropriated as well as the total offset via the use of the revolving account funds can be seen here for FY 18 and FY 19:

FY18 and FY19 budget totals appropriated and revolving account use

Background on the variety and fund balances for the many revolving accounts can be found here
http://franklindistrict.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinDistrict_budget/23.%20Revolving%20Accounts.pdf

Additional info on the budget including the breakdown by school and across the district by department can be found here
http://franklindistrict.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinDistrict_budget/index

Aside from the items on the "consent agenda", there were two votes recorded. One to approve to continue the practice of not accepting school choice students. The second vote was to accept the Committee meeting calendar for the 2018-2019 school year.

My notes recorded live during the meeting can be found here:

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Franklin boy scouts from Troop 99 reviewed the school budget book
during the School Committee meeting Tuesday, Mar 27