District Budget September 24, 2024
Last week, the Board of Education adopted the financial budget for this 2024-2025
school year. This year, we are budgeted to put $0.99M in the bank. This budget includes
an extensive new English Language Arts curriculum. We have also added a full-time ESL
position at Lincoln to support our English Learners. In the past, Blackstone and Lincoln
have split a social worker to socially and emotionally support students, but we have
added another social worker this year to help kids grow.
At the end of the school year, we are estimating a total fund balance of $9.21M, which is
very much in line with the $8.55M that we had at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.
In that time, we have completed roughly $10M in facility updates, most notably in the
areas of heating/cooling, building safety/security, and overall functionality. Of that ten
million dollars spent, half of that was State and Federal grant money!
I will attach the budget presentation from last week. (Budget Presentation)
Please reach out with any questions that you may have by dropping me a note at
Be safe. Be well.
K. Bradley Cox
Superintendent of Schools