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Superintendent, staff detail proposed reading curriculum purchase and budget implications
Summary
During the Superintendent's Update, Kristin Perkowski and Michael MacDonald said curriculum purchases are reviewed on a rotation and purchases are 'revolving'; they noted a larger purchase now could reduce or delay a future purchase and that the total curriculum budget is about $300,000 per year (approximately 0.3% of the general fund).
At the Board Finance & Operations Committee meeting on Feb. 3, Superintendent Kristin Perkowski and Business Services staff member Michael MacDonald discussed a proposed reading curriculum purchase and how it could affect budget planning.
Perkowski and MacDonald clarified that curriculum purchases occur on a rotation and that purchases are "revolving," meaning a larger expenditure in the near term could reduce or delay a planned future purchase. MacDonald told the committee the district’s total curriculum budget is approximately $300,000 per year, roughly 0.3% of the general fund, figures the minutes list as approximations.
No formal purchase decision was recorded in the minutes; the Teaching & Learning Committee had raised the proposal and the Finance & Operations Committee discussed budget impacts and timing as part of regular fiscal oversight.
