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School Budget

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

School Budget Up for Discussion at Wednesday Meeting

Finances for Fiscal Year 2014 are among the agenda items for the evening.

The School Committee gets back to work on Wednesday night, holding a meeting at 7 p.m. inside the Wilmington High School library. First on the agenda is a host of administrative tasks, including approving minutes and considering items withdrawn from consensus. Next up is the student representative report before members get to old business. It's in that section that the 2013-14 high school program of studies will be discussed for a second straight meeting, along with the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. New business includes a financial report, first reading of the policy on physically restraining students and a first reading on the policy of gifts to and solicitions by staff. In addition, a revised 2013-14 school calendar will be discussed. …

Friday, December 14, 2012

Superintendent's Initial Budget is 4.61% Increase

Joanne Benton proposed a total budget of $34,072,153, which would be an increase of about $1.5 million, though she said that number will go down in the next month or so.

In the first step of the school budgeting process, Superintendent of Schools Joanne Benton laid out an initial budget proposal this week that would represent a 4.61 percent increase over last year, though Benton acknowledged that that figure will likely decrease in the upcoming months of the budget process. “We strive to provide the highest quality educational experience for the children of Wilmington and to ensure that they have everything they need to succeed in the classroom, the art studio, the stage and on the ball field,” said Benton. “As we approach the Fiscal Year 14 budget cycle, districts across the country are struggling to find ways to better prepare our children for this ever-flattening global society that defines our world …

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