Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The King Philip School Committee approved a budget increase, citing increased costs and a rise in enrollment, but they don't expect towns to absorb the increases.
The King Philip School Committee approved superintendent Elizabeth Zielinski’s recommended budget for the fiscal year 2014 Monday. The recommendations are a 2.5 percent over a level services budget, which would itself be 8.1 percent higher than 2013’s budget. The entire recommended budget is $28.1 million, which would include the level services budget, be 10.6 percent higher than last year’s budget. A level services budget would be $27.5 million. School committee chair Patrick Francomano said that the committee has no illusions about the probability of the recommendations. “I think there is certainly the understanding that approval of this budget as presented by the superintendent is for all practical purposes a placeholder,” he said. “…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Wrentham would see increase in assessment for level-services budget.
The King Philip School Committee voted Monday night to present a level-services budget to the three towns that make up the district. According to KP numbers, a level services budget would increase Wrentham's assessment by 23.41 percent over last year. The total charged to Wrentham would be $7,685,102, up from last year's $6,227,090. All three towns would see an assessment increase, as the district will no longer have $450,000 from the federal jobs bill. This decrease, along with several other cost drivers, would bring up KP's budget from $24.7 million in fiscal year 2012 to $27.4 million in the coming fiscal year. The amount to be assessed on the three towns would likewise increase, to $19,270,261 from $16,075,110. Norfolk's assessment …
Board opts to present level services budget to towns.
The King Philip School Committee voted, at its meeting Monday night, to bring a level-services budget to the three towns for approval. The recommendation for a level-services budget was made by Superintendent Elizabeth Zielinski. There were a number of options available, she said, including an initial request for a 14 percent increase and three possible tiers of cuts. "We held an annual budget hearing where we presented the scenarios involved," she said. "We listened to the community, the subcommittee met and asked me to build a budget based on what we heard from the community." According to Zielinski, a level-services budget represents an increase of 10.9 percent over last year's total. "We had benefited from the jobs bill, which gave us…
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