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July, Start of A New School Budget Cycle

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The abridged version of the following post, titled “The school budgeting process needs public input,” appeared in LI Herald on August 10th, 2017. (In print only). Here is the full text of the article, including references. Every year, school district communities across the New York State develop budgets for the public schools. Their efforts culminate in winter by a series of workshops before the budget vote in May. At the end of June, adjustments … Continue reading →

LICEE quiet secret, College Board trip, 2016-17 budget

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The residents’ representatives modified their regular “meeting in public” on February 9th, as only two of them were present. The management showed again their prezi they have shown at the LICEE meeting in January. Three district delegates will travel to “A Deferred Dream” conference organized by the College Board in Charlotte, North Carolina. (The College Board is home to David Coleman, the author of the Common Core Standards. He now moved on to “reform” … Continue reading →

Thank you supporters

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Malverne school district residents approved the budget; that is good. But the residents also re-elected the incumbent who was at the first Dr. Hunderfund’s contract extension and salary increases in 2012 and at the second superintendent’s contract extension at the special meeting in 2014. In both instances, the acts of “amendment,” as the BOE calls the extensions, happened by adding them to the meeting agenda without  discussing the contract extension “in public.”

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Budgeting for The Race to The Top Instruction

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Increases vs. Cuts At the Malverne UFSD budget meeting, the administration presented to the BOE members and two residents in attendance the “instructional” part of the budget. There are approximately 200 line-items, A2010 through A2855, in this part, but only few will fit into this post. The selected line-items deal with test prep, test administration, equipment and supplies cuts, and data collection. There are many more interesting lines in the budget. For example the … Continue reading →

Recognitions, Budget, and Resolutions

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These were the topics of the Malverne school district BOE at their meeting in public on February 10th. Mrs. Shannon Kelley, HS teacher, and a group of staff were recognized for their grant request efforts to fund various programs. Kudos to them. Last year, they secured approximately $1 million and, this year, the grants could reach a similar amount. The administrative team presented a preliminary budget. It’s available on the district website. The district … Continue reading →

MUFSD Awards Marathon, A Little of Business

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June BOE Meeting The Malverne Union Free School District (MUFSD) school board meeting took place at the H.T. Herber middle school auditorium. It was an evening full of award ceremonies. Teams and individuals were called to the podium in such a fast sequence that the board members were standing put and waited for arrival of the next group to take picture together. It’s a common practice in MUFSD to combine the BOE meetings with … Continue reading →

Malverne SD Budget and CCSS Costs

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The series of three sessions dedicated to Malverne SD budget came to the end on March 18. The first session was dedicated to “instructional” expenses (codes 2010-2855), followed by a session on “operational” expenses (codes 1620-1981 and 5000s), and the last session paid attention to “administrative” expenses (codes 1010-1480 and 9000s). In addition to the public sessions, Mr. Caputo, district business administrator, kindly met with me for two extra sessions. It allowed me to … Continue reading →

Instructional and Operational Expenses Review Meeting

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The budget review meetings are about to enter the second half. The past two meetings were attended by 6 and 4 residents, respectively. Before the last meeting, I suggested to make the environment more work conducive, like rearrange chairs so we could use tables to rest our papers and make notes easier. Nay. Due to the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) introduced in 2010 the state aid for our district was reduced by approximately $1 … Continue reading →

Veterans’ Exemption, Budget Review Main Topics at The February Meeting

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The board of education (BOE) meeting, held on February 11th, opened its session with recognition of the music department and students who participated in All-County Music Festival at LIU Post’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. After holding a moment of silence for the Garcia family, the administration thanked Mrs. Shannon Kelly, science teacher at the HS, for her excellent grant proposal writing efforts. She helped secure 21 grants in the total amount of … Continue reading →