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Board sets $3.77M operating warrant, debates paraprofessional contract and trust funds
Summary
At a public hearing the board set the operating warrant at $3,770,200, read a draft paraprofessional collective bargaining warrant article with an estimated first‑year cost of about $39,392, and reallocated expendable trust warrant amounts—raising the special‑education trust—after discussion of high potential out‑of‑district special‑education costs.
The Newfields School Board moved to place an operating budget warrant of $3,770,200 on the ballot and discussed a series of accompanying warrant articles, including a three‑year collective bargaining agreement for paraprofessionals and several expendable trust funds.
During the budget presentation, staff outlined key drivers: negotiated increases for union and nonunion employees (nonunion employees set at 3 percent), stepped increases for teachers per the CBA, health and dental rate increases quoted by HealthTrust, an added $4,000 in professional development, and bus‑contract adjustments with First Student. The presenters said the net budget change presented totaled $141,500, of which…
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