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r. a llliill ll U1 41111511{)1'E P. O. BOX 1108 MASHPEE, MA 02649 FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES Town Hall February 10, 1988 Present: Ed Dolan, Carol Dunivan, John Ferriday, Carl Heller, Joyce Howell, and Bill Towner The Finance Committee met with Dr. Lincoln DeMoura, Superintendent of Schools, the School Committee, Selectmen and the Executive Secretrary to discuss the FY89 School Budget. The meeting convened at 7 p.m. at the Mashpee Middle School Library. Dr. DeMoura started the presentation with three overhead projections. The first projection showed the attendees how the Mashpee education dollar is spent. 58% of the education dollar goes for instruction, 23% is for essential services, 7% for support services, 8% is for central office support and the remaining 4% is for administration. The second overhead presentation showed a seven year history showing operating costs and enrollments. This graph illustrated that the costs for the past seven years have remained in-line. The third illustration showed the Mashpee per pupil cost in relation to the state average. Mashpee has been consistently lower than the state average, however, DeMoura noted that for some reason in FY87 Mashpee exceeded the state average cost per pupil. DeMoura said that this figure was to be checked for accuracy. DeMoura noted that there were two goals first the desire to maintain the established quality of educational programs and secondly the need to look at the curriculum and update and revise subjects and materials. The conservative projected enrollment for October of 88 is 820, the October 87 enrollment was 712. There will be a need for a Kindergarten class next year. The school is also checking into the possiblity of a transitional first grade and a preschool program. DeMoura defended the request for a new truck by noting that at present the school pays $2,000 a year for rubbish pickup 3 times a week. Next year the cost for pickup twice a week will be $5,000. The estimated cost of a new truck is $28,000, this would be a 4-wheel drive vehicle with a plow. The telephone system at the school will have to be updated due to an increase in staff and there will be a need for off-premise extensions if some of the classes are moved to the present town hall. $293,000 is needed for staffing. DeMoura noted the need for a health educator a guidance counselor, and school psychologist included in this amount. There is also a need for a copier for the teachers and the projected cost of this item is $18,000. The present copiers in place can not do the amount of copies that are required by the teaching staff. 9