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From
The PT Council:
**The proposed
budget is a 6.5% increase - this is smaller than the 6.8% rollover
budget (maintaining status quo) increase
**Major cost
increases in budget are due to following, and the district has no
control over these increases:
1. New bid for
transportation contracts - our last contract was signed in 2000 when
diesel fuel was $1.39 per gallon - using the mid-priced bidder as a
guide the expected increase to this line item alone is $1.45
million, that is a 38% increase
2. Utility costs
went up approx 6%
3. Teacher
contracted salaries and benefits increase the budget by $5.64
million. Please note this does not represent a 5.25% increase in
teacher salaries. (Jas Singh, is preparing information we will be
able to pass on in the near future explaining how the salary
increases are determined)
The link to access
the Superintendent's budget on line is
http://www.whps.org/budget/Executive%20Budget%20Summary%20v1.1.pdf
Important - we
need speakers:
March 27: Public
Hearing - parents are encouraged to speak up and support unwanted
cuts: Issues impacting Sedgwick students, teachers and programs
directly are: 1) cutting teams in 2008 - 2009 school year for
incoming 6th and 7th grades to 21/2 teams, the 8th grade team will
be a full 3 teams. 2) Cutting middle school sports, track & field
and cross country.
Another
important piece of information to pass on
is about the parent organization WH First their link is
www.whfirst.org
and all community members are encouraged to check it out.
Some highlights
from their web site are:
About this
group:
West Hartford FIRST is a group of West Hartford residents who
believe that responsible investment is the key to the continued
strength of our town. We provide factual information on West
Hartford services and advocate responsible spending in support of
those services.
Important Dates
Tuesday March 25th
Town Hall, Room 314
Town Council
Meeting
Wednesday March
26th
7:00pm
Town Hall, Room 314
WH FIRST Meeting
Bruce Putterman,
Lib Brassil Spinella, Chip Ward and Tim Dunn will speak to us on the
budget
Thursday March 27th
2:00pm
Town Hall, Room 314
Town Council Budget
Open Forum
Thursday March 27th
7:00pm
Town Hall, Room 314
Board of Education
Meeting
Public Forum &
Budget Workshop #3
Tuesday April 1st
7:00pm
Town Hall, Room 314
Board of Ed Meeting
Budget Adoption
Thursday April 3rd
6:00pm
Town Hall, Room 314
Town Council Budget
Open Forum
Tuesday April 8th
7:30pm
Town Hall, Room 314
Town Council
Meeting
Tuesday April 22nd
7:30pm
Town Hall, Room 314
Town Council
Meeting
Budget Adoption
Wednesday April
23rd
7:00pm
Town Hall, Room 217
WH FIRST Meeting
Wednesday May 21
7:00pm
Town Hall, Room 400
WH FIRST
Meeting
New Group Forming!
A group of concerned parents and
neighbors is forming to support the West Hartford public schools and
to ensure that the town’s budget makes schools a priority while
being responsive and responsible to taxpayers. This group is giving
voice and support to the educational needs of our children. For
more information or to get involved, please contact Suzanne Sayers (Suzanne.sayers@yahoo.com
521-1086) or Deb Gearty (gearty5@sbcglobal.net
561-3476)
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