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Board of Education reports tighter surplus, special-education reimbursement drop and plans for bus-routing software
Summary
A Board of Education representative said the district expects a smaller-than-usual surplus, reported special-education reimbursement at about 62.7% and described plans to upgrade Amity Middle School's exercise room and to adopt bus-routing software called 'Bell Time' to improve routing efficiency across participating towns.
A representative of the Board of Education told the Board of Finance on June 9 that the district expects a surplus this year but that it will be smaller than in prior years. She said medical costs are running high (about 104%) and that the state's special-education reimbursement rate has dropped to about 62.7%.
The representative described an Amity Middle School exercise-room upgrade to be funded as a transfer (not new net town spending) and said the district had identified space in the Woodbridge Old Center Station for a program previously housed on an Orange campus that is no longer available. The district is also pursuing bus-routing software, referred to in the discussion as "Bell Time," intended to automate routing across the multi-district middle-school arrangement and identify inefficiencies.
Board members praised the district's tight fiscal controls and asked for updates on planned bonding and on staffing changes; the representative said district leaders expect to fill an assistant-principal position and are continuing to develop the bonding package for building projects.
