Superintendent Barbara Malkas cautioned that this is still a preliminary budget and that there are still a lot of moving parts. This year it feels a little bit more predictable mainly because the governor did issue a budget on Jan. 27, she told the School Committee s finance subcommittee last week. So the timeline that by which we re going to know about funding will be better than it was last year. Business Administrator Carolyn Burnett explained during her presentation that the district is being held harmless in that it will not see a decrease in Chapter 70 education aid despite have a drop in enrollment.
iBerkshires.com reports the appropriation would be level-funded from this year at $17,769,074.
Superintendent Barbara Malkas cautioned that this is still a preliminary budget and that there are still a lot of moving parts.
Business Administrator Carolyn Burnett explained during her presentation that the district is being held harmless in that it will not see a decrease in Chapter 70 education aid despite have a drop in enrollment.
Both enrollment and best practices for capital planning will affect reimbursement rates and scope of any project undertaken. The city entered the eligibility phase for renovating or replacing Greylock Elementary School in December 2019. The process had been put on hold for some months but the building committee resumed its functions last fall. On Tuesday, the committee had a preview of the information to be discussed on Friday with MSBA officials. Final documents will be submitted by March 30. We need to make sure that the calculation for enrollment is based on our previous projections prior to the pandemic as opposed to through or during the pandemic, Superintendent of Schools Barbara Malkas said. She anticipated some back and forth questions from MSBA on Friday that may mean revisions to the current enrollment projection.