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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSchool Comm. 01/05/2022Mansfield School Committee Budget Subcommittee Meeting Minutes for January 5, 2022 TOE! RCCEIVEQ Superintendent's Office rd CI-ERHS OFFICE 1011 DEC - d I ee A meeting of the Mansfield School Committee Budget Subcommittee was opened ancalled to o�' Aa%16 5:13 p.m. i`i" I J) NSF_/ELQ ACHUSETTS SC Members Present: Lynn Cavicchi (remote), Jenn Walsh Others present: Teresa Murphy, Superintendent Ed Donoghue, Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Operations Debbie Scott, Financial Operations Supervisor Rayna Freedman, administrator intern/J-J elementary teacher Old Business Approval of Minutes Minutes for 3/18/21, 4/8/21, 6/29/21, 7/28/21, 9/13/21 and 12/2/21 were tabled. New Business Review of FY 23 Budget Ed Donoghue reviewed the upcoming FY 23 budget presentation, which will be presented to the full School Committee on January 11. As the district enters the 3rd year of the pandemic, the School Committee's priority/goal remains focused on stabilizing the district. Ed and Teresa gave an overview of the personnel requests and staffing they felt would best provide for student needs and support. All schools are seeing an increase in students dealing with social -emotional and behavioral concerns, which led to the request for additional administrator positions at Robinson and QMS. The group discussed providing flexibility in the posting and hiring of the two positions (either assistant principal or dean of students), to potentially allow for a stronger pool of candidates and to allow the superintendent the flexibility to hire the best candidate to meet the needs of each school. Ed outlined the reasoning behind the request for a transportation coordinator, which would oversee the growing demands on central office staff regarding transportation management needs, including special ed, bus routes, field trips, and out -of -district transportation. Lynn mentioned that enrollment data (history and projects) would be helpful to include either in the budget presentation or to share with the School Committee as context for the budget presentation. Mansfield School Committee Budget Subcommittee Meeting Minutes for January 5, 2022 Superintendent's Office Update on Revolving Accounts Ed and Debbie reviewed the projected expenses and revenue for the district's revolving accounts. There were no updates on the status of the Town obligated funds of approximately $900,000 that would be used to offset last year's loss of revenue to the CHAMPS revolving account. Review of Town Budget Subcommittee Charee as aoproved by Select Board on 12-2-21 The group reviewed the wording proposed by the Select Board and recommended that the description be moved forward to the full School Committee for discussion and possible vote Diane will add it to the next School Committee meeting agenda. The next full Budget Subcommittee meeting is scheduled for January 26. Discussion on Special Education Stabilization Polic The group suggested minor changes to the draft policy in respect to the order of the three boards listed in the policy. The consensus of the group was that it would be important to spell out the procedures for requesting disbursement of funds. Lynn offered to draft procedures according to DESE guidelines for discussion at the full Budget subcommittee on January 26. Upcoming Agenda items n/a The subcommittee's next meeting is scheduled for February 3, 2022 at 5 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 7 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lynn Cavicchi Vice Chair School Committee