Watertown, MA Public Schools Fiscal Year 2012 budget book

WATERTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET BOOK

Welcome and Acknowledgements 2

Table of Contents 3

I. Superintendent’s Report 5

• Watertown Public Schools – Introduction 6
• FY12 Budget Scenarios – Narrative 8
• FY12 Budget Scenarios – Presentation Slides 22
• Budget Scenario Overview – Chart 43

II. Budget Narratives 47

Central Office 49
• Business Services 51
• Human Resources 52
• Student Services/Special Education 53
• Teaching & Learning 56

Schools 59
• Cunniff School 61
• Hosmer School 62
• Lowell School 63
• Middle School 64
• High School 66
Departments/Programs
District 71
• Assessment & Guidance 73
• Educational Technology 74
• English Language Learner 76
• Fine & Performing Arts 77
• Physical Education & Health 78
Elementary 79
• Early Childhood Education 81
• Elementary Curriculum 83
Secondary 87
• Athletics 89
• English & Communications 90
• Foreign Language 91
• Mathematics 92
• Science & Engineering 93
• Social Studies 94

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III. Budget Detail 95
• Summary by Object 97
• Cost Center/Program 101
• Cost Center/Program/Type 107
• Professional Staffing 115
• Support Staffing 119
• Technology – Hardware 123

IV. Curriculum and Budget/Finance - Joint Subcommittee
Presentations 127
• Elementary 129
• Secondary 141
• Student Services 151
• Athletics 177
• Business & Operations 183
• Human Resources 188
• Teaching & Learning 191
• Literacy21: Education in a Changing World 210

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• Federal Jobs Bill: This year school districts also received EduJobs funding to be used
both in FY11 and FY12 for saving jobs. We used about half of our allotted funding this
year, and have saved the remainder for next year.

• Town Appropriation: Last year, FY11, the Town Council appropriated 1.65% increase to
the School Department. At present, the Town Manager has asked the School Department
to create a budget for a 0% increase over the current year. However, the actual amount
of the Town Council appropriation is unresolved at this time.

(slide 16)
FY12 Financial Challenges

Locally we are looking at: salary increases, steps and lanes, and unpredictable (and perhaps
rising) Special Education costs.

The following are some of our specific financial challenges:
• $504,000 for automatic salary adjustments required by current collective bargaining
agreements.
• $287,000 in proposed contractual changes in the Memorandum of Agreement between
the School Committee and the Watertown teachers.
• $100,000 in additional costs if the general salary increase for teachers (1.5%) is applied
to other employees in the district.

(slide 17)
• $425,000 to provide critical services for Special Education students (including tuition,
transportation, contract services, and additional Instructional Assistants.)
• $440,000 to replace the loss of the ARRA federal stimulus grant.
• $20,000 to replace funding under the Education-Jobs grant.
• $50,000 to replace an anticipated decline in other federal grants.
• $165,000 for three more teachers to keep up with rising enrollment.

(slide 18)
FY12 Shortfall

We have several other cost factors that impact our programming and our FY12 budget. They
include: enrollment, student diversity, staffing levels, special education programming, classroom
resources, and recent recommendations for business operations.

(slide 19)
Increasing Enrollment

We need to add teachers to maintain class size as our enrollment continues to rise. Since 2007
enrollment has increased by 240 students. Next year, we are anticipating an increase of 82
students, and already know that the Lowell and Hosmer schools each need another Kindergarten.

(slide 20)
Enrollment by Populations

We want to maintain our class sizes because they are appropriate for our population. Our student
population is very diverse. One third of our students come from homes where English is not the
first language. There are very few other school districts in Massachusetts with such significant
linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural diversity.

We also have a high percentage of Special Education students compared to other districts in
Massachusetts: the average percentage for districts in the state is 17%; ours is 20%. The result is

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