With still no word from the governor on how much state aid they’ll be receiving, administrators in the Baldwinsville Central School District are still working on the 2015-16 budget.
The school board heard budget presentations from several departments at its March 2 meeting.
Christopher Campioleta, director of athletics, physical education and health, reported that next year’s athletics expenditures are calculated at $1,037,004, which is a 2.3 percent increase over the 2014-15 budget of $1,013,683. Much of that increase can be attributed to salary and contractual costs.
Jamie Rodems, assistant superintendent for management services, presented on the administrative and special education budgets.
Salaries and BOCES administrative costs are on the rise, so Rodems projected expenditures of $2,694,706, which is a 6.2 percent increase over the current school year’s spending of $2,537,306.
As for special education, the district is looking to add two special education positions to the elementary schools.
Salaries make up much of the 5.6 percent increase over the current year’s special education budget. Rodems calculated that special education will account for $11,319,063, compared to this year’s $10,717,250.
In addition, the arrival of students with disabilities at the proposed Toomey Residential facility on Doyle Road in Lysander is expected to add three more students to the number of Baldwinsville’s BOCES participants. The students’ home districts will reimburse the B’ville district for the cost of their education.
While there has been an overall reduction in the number of Baldwinsville students in BOCES programs, the cost of BOCES continues to rise.
BOCES represents a $3,133,852 chunk of Baldwinsville’s entire special education budget. That’s nearly 28 percent.
Rodems and Steve Rosenberger, superintendent for buildings and grounds, also prepared the facilities budget for the school board.
The facilities budget will be revisited at the March 16 meeting.
While salaries remain relatively flat, equipment and contractual costs are up. Rosenberger and Rodems projected $6,099,861 in total facilities expenditures for next year, a 6.5 percent increase over the 2014-15 year’s $5,726,825.
Director of Technology R.J. DeLisle and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Joe DeBarbieri presented on the district’s projected technology and instructional budgets.
DeLisle said the technology budget for 2015-16 will decrease slightly to $3,214,258, down 5.7 percent from this year’s $3,409,956.
DeBarbieri said the instructional budget will total $35,631,227, which is a 5.7 increase over this year’s $33,720,859.
District departments will continue to tweak and present their components of the budget to the school board during upcoming meetings.
The board is expected to adopt the final 2015-16 budget April 13. District residents will vote on the budget May 19.
