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Ellington School District presents $1.4 million proposed budget increase; board to review detailed books
Summary
District staff presented a high-level budget review proposing a $1.4 million increase with a cited total of about $49 million, reviewed revenue sources (state education cost share, open-choice incentives, Medicaid reimbursements), staffing pressures and special-ed outplacement savings; board members will receive budget books and meet again for detailed review.
Oliver Barton led the Ellington School District’s special budget workshop, presenting a high-level review of spending, revenue streams and a proposed $1,400,000 increase for the coming fiscal year. Barton said the slides showed a total budget figure of $49,000,003.25, noted a modest year-to-year percent increase (roughly 2.9% as calculated in the workshop), and distributed budget books to board members for follow-up discussion.
Barton framed the budget amid rising costs and a goal to spend dollars efficiently. He showed comparisons with peer districts, saying Ellington is among the lower per-pupil spenders in a nine-district sample and called out that “we are $10,000,000 below the average spending in the district,” a characterization he used to explain the district’s relative position on a cost-versus-performance scatter plot. Barton identified EdSight Public as the source for the state accountability index used in the…
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