School Committee Passes $43,010,000 Budget

Updated 5:28PM, Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Medford School Committee passed a $43,010,000 budget for fiscal year 2010 during a meeting on Monday night.  The budget was passed with little debate or discussion, as the bulk of the budgetary discussion occurred during the first budget meeting on Wednesday, June 24.  Since that meeting the number of layoffs has been reduced from eleven to eight, as three people were moved into open positions.

Update– Part 1 of the budget meeting from June 24 is now playing on Channel 15 at 7AM, 1PM, 4PM, and 10PM. It includes the opening remarks of Mayor Michael McGlynn, School Superintendent Roy Belson’s budget statement, and a question and answer session with members of the School Committee.

Below is a budget summary from School Superintendent Roy Belson:

Department/Salaries/Expenses/Total
School Committee/Superintendent– $422,663/$29,900/$452,563
Finance/Technology– $542,972/317,000/$859,972
Undistributed– $140,000/$325,000/$465,000
Districtwide– $1,421,983/$271,000/$1,692,983
Medford High School– $770,638/$50,400/$821,038
Middle Schools– $553,252/$45,000/$598,252
Elementary Schools– $6,103,376/$62,000/$6,165,376
English Language Learners– $1,267,364/$9,099/$1,276,463
Special Education– $9,153,598/$1,781,000/$10,934,598
Vocational Education– $1,516,133/$698,620/$2,214,753
Guidance– $645,345/$3,400/$648,745
English Language Arts– $1,501,066/$6,500/$1,507,566
Social Studies– $1,498,801/$8,850/$1,507,651
Math– $1,516,736/$11,500/$1,528,236
Science– $1,638,430/$25,500/$1,708,930
Foreign Language– $628,322/$7,000/$635,322
Fine Arts– $1,071,496/$16,400/$1,087,896
Physical Education and Health Education– $725,592/$6,400/$731,992
Library, Media, and Computers– $899,359/$56,000/$955,359
Health Services– $568,163/$6,400/$574,563
Pupil Transportation– $890,000/$890,000
Athletics– $171,000/$117,500/$288,500
Student Activities– $45,000/$4,500/$49,500
Security– $76,878/$1,400/$78,278
Operations and Maintenance– $2,241,437/$3,095,025/$5,336,462
Total– $35,164,607/$7,845,393/$43,010,000

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Schools Continue to do More with Less

School Supt. Belson’s Budget Statement and an Excel Spreadsheet of the proposed FY2010 school budget