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the dual enrollment partnership with Endicott College, which will be available for up to 50 <br />seniors. <br />Mrs. Susan Bottan expressed her gratitude and thanks to the facilities team who replaced <br />1200 filters during the break and distributed test kits, hand sanitiur and n95 masks to keep <br />staff and students safe. <br />Mr, Kurtis Martin stated the feedback from the Boston community, Reading community and <br />METCO headquarters has been great since the approval of the expansion. They held a <br />community building event with Boston Families before winter break, and the next step is to <br />bring Reading and Boston communities together for social events. <br />Mrs. N=aro — No Report <br />Mrs. Gaffen stated there would be a virtual SEPAC meeting Tuesday 7pm. <br />Mr. Wise—No Report <br />Mr. Robinson - No Report <br />Ms. McLaughlin — No Report <br />Mr. Brandt—No Report <br />C. New Business <br />1. FY23 Budget— Administration Cost Center <br />Mrs. Bottan discussed the FY23 recommended budget overview and the timeline for budget <br />discussions. <br />Dr. Milaschewski discussed the three main district priorities that the FY23 budget will <br />address. <br />1. Improve academic outcomes and growth for all students within safe, equitable, and rigorous <br />leaming environments. <br />2. Support students social and emotional needs through multi -tiered instruction and services. <br />3. Enhance adult practices and streamline operational systems to increase efficiencies and <br />effectiveness in support students. <br />Mrs. Bottan discussed a high-level overview of the administration cost center which includes <br />salaries and expenses for central office and district administration. Personnel will have an <br />increase of $14,298 to support COLA and contractual agreements and to sustain a 1.0 FTE HR <br />assistant which was added in FY22. Non -personnel will increase by $10,495 in order to <br />increase labor counsel, telecommunications, dues, equipment, hiring and recmitment. <br />2. FY23 Budget — Districtwide Cost Center <br />Mrs. Bottan explained there would be a 2.1% increase, for a total of $2,167,444 to support <br />salaries and expenses for four district wide services: athletics, extra -curricular, health services and <br />technology. She discusses athletics which includes 8 sports, and 1124 participants. The budget <br />increase will support personnel cost increase by COLA and transportation which has increased by <br />$26,000 due to new three-year contract issued in FY22. Extra -curricular is made up of 11 <br />activities and 228 participants. <br />Page 1 2 <br />