back to the budget!

tuition
Colorio asks what this is: out of district placement for students
Allen answers that it is, but points out that the state provides circuit breaker
assuming 65-70% in our calculating
O'Connell asks if we have any circuit breaker left
Allen: used all of FY11, might have some carryover in FY12; can provide at the fiscal close
tuition passes
bus monitors, transportation, instructional support, support overtime, school clerical
transportation recommended to reduce by $19,000
approved

Administration: O'Connell motion to cut by $200,000
suggests that it's about 2%
"I could justify a figure several times that"
Monfredo asks for an administrative response
Boone: not sure what positions he could do without
"have said to this committee over and over again that we run an extremely lean shop"
"when every dime that has become available to this committee...has been allocated to support classrooms"
Colorio: will support, will move to tutors
Petty: general cut, don't care where it comes from?
O'Connell from
Motion fails3-4

Non-instructional support:
Colorio: motion to cut $70,000 from account, coordinator of school volunteers
O'Connell will support, but wants to fund position from grants (I think) and move money to tutors
Petty: "But the budget will be done, and we don't have $70,000 to take care of it"
Foley: "there are lots of things we'd love to see in the school district"
Monfredo: "we're getting later and later and we're not doing too much thinking here"
Petty pushes if it is more important than Elm Park Community School liaison

Misc Ed OM
reduction of $1 m for environmental  work
addition of $20,000 for security
Colorio: $8000 for food
Allen: food for various school-based function, "as we provided in a recent length report to you as requested by the media"
Petty: school-based function
Allen: $2000 of it funds the 30 year dinner
Biancheria requesting additional $10,000 for school safety (on top of the regular $20,000, on top of the additional $20,000 added yesterday)
request was to move from building repair
passed

administration clerical
approved

IA's approved

nurses: adding funds
approved

teachers: approved


School nutrition: approved