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Ellington School District presents 2.93% proposed budget; board and public question medical fund, outplacements and utilities
Summary
District staff presented the superintendent's proposed budget (a $1.4 million, 2.93% increase), described pre-submission cuts, and warned of risks including a projected $400,000 drawdown to the medical fund and assumptions about outplacement and utility costs. Board members and residents asked for more detail on choice funding, bus contracts and enrollment projections.
The Ellington School District presented the superintendent's proposed budget in a public session focused on line-item changes, risks and community impacts. Oliver Barton opened the meeting and walked through key context; Alicia, the district's budget presenter, then detailed the accounts that produced the roughly $1,400,000 increase — a 2.93% rise overall.
Alicia told the board, "So we know that the increase is about 1,400,000.0," and said the largest driver is contractual salary increases. She described pre-submission cuts that reduced an initial proposed increase of about 4.95% down to the current 2.93% and said the district added no general-fund positions except for a few roles funded by grants or repurposed resources.
The presentation flagged several risks. On health insurance, Alicia said she kept medical and dental funding flat for next…
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