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Derry budget driven by salaries, Pinkerton tuition and special-education costs; committee asks for a $200,000-over-default target
Summary
Superintendent Michael Flynn told the fiscal advisory committee that salaries/benefits and Pinkerton tuition account for the bulk of proposed increases. After discussing volatility in Pinkerton billing and costly out-of-district special-education placements, the committee asked administration to return with a budget targeted about $200,000 over default.
Superintendent Michael Flynn told the Derry Cooperative School District fiscal advisory committee on Nov. 4 that most of the district’s proposed budget increase is driven by salaries, benefits and tuition for high-school students attending Pinkerton.
Flynn said the district’s salary and benefits line covers roughly 600 employees and that the teachers’ contract approved by voters is embedded in that total. “The health-rate increase is at 7.4%,” he said, adding that dental increased about 4% and that surrounding districts saw much higher spikes.
The superintendent flagged tuition to Pinkerton as another major driver. “We are upside down right now in Pinkerton after the first bill,” Flynn said, referring to the October billing that initially put the district roughly $700,000 over projection.…
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