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Transportation and technology services push support‑services budget higher
Summary
District staff told the board that pupil‑transportation costs are the main driver behind an increase in support services, citing contract increases, added routes and more special‑education transport time; technology and student‑accident insurance costs also rose.
Business officer Vinny Massiana told the Cheshire Board of Education that the support‑services section of the operating budget is growing primarily because pupil‑transportation expenses, technology contracts and student‑accident insurance are increasing.
Massiana said support services account for about 8.5% of the operating budget and that transportation (regular and special‑education routes, fuel and insurance) is the largest single component. He said the administration expects an overall transportation increase of about $331,000 driven by a contractual 4% increase with the vendor, the addition of general‑education routes…
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