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Business manager outlines cost centers 6—1010, East Auburn ventilation and storage building requests for FY26 CIP bond
Summary
Amanda Kuchar, business manager for Auburn Public Schools, reviewed cost centers 6—1010, previewed two FY26 capital-improvement requests (East Auburn ventilation and a high-school storage building), and explained transportation and MOU changes at the March 19 school committee meeting.
Amanda Kuchar, business manager for Auburn Public Schools, presented cost centers 6 through 10 during the March 19, 2025 school committee meeting, describing system administration, school administration, transportation, facilities maintenance and debt service elements of the proposed FY26 operating budget.
Kuchar said the district budgeted a 3% increase for employees not covered by collective bargaining and that the large one-time expense for a major software transition (about $187,000) is mostly behind the district; next year's figures therefore show a decrease in that cost center. She explained cost-center increases driven by salary, health-insurance and retirement costs in building-administration budgets.
On transportation (cost center 8), Kuchar said the district budgeted for a new bus-routing app (BusRide) intended to generate more efficient bus runs and offer…
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