Draft #1 by B-R Administration
February 27, 2008
Tonight's School Committee Meeting included the release of the first draft of the FY2009 B-R School Budget. This report represents the Administrative Team's analysis of requests, anticipated revenue, and incoporates various projections for next year. Since most are only interested in bottom line as reflected in taxes, here goes:
Total Maintenance & Operating Costs (No debt service) = $57,439,488 (about 3% over FY2008)
Total Estimated Receipts (State Ch. 70, 71, Misc. B-R) = $23,904.444
Leaves a balance required by the two towns = $33,535,044
Raynham's Assessment = $13,138,318 ($819,129 over FY2008)
Bridgewater's Assessment = $20,396,726 ($897,877 over FY2008)
Since there were previously two groups to study 3-year budgets, and forecast estimated Town Assessments, it is interesting to compare the numbers:
B-R's 3-year study forecast Raynham at $13,554,594
B-R's 3-year study forecast Bridgewater at $21,157,825
Bridgewater's 3-year study forecast Bridgewater at $20,849,656
So, the forecast published 18 months ago for Raynham turned out to be about 3% high, and the two Bridgewater forecasts were about 2-3% high. Larger than initially expected school transportation increases have been more than offset by savings in other areas - like insurance and special education.
{The two-page Assessment draft document is available by clicking here.}
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