BURTON SCHOOL BOARD REVIEWS BUDGET PROJECTIONS, HEARS BOND PROJECT UPDATE
Burton ISD trustees went over preliminary budget projections and received information on the status of the school district’s bond project at a meeting on Monday.
Currently, the projected budget for the 2023-24 school year is $17,346,269, up from the past adopted budget of $15,932,511.
The largest increase in the proposed budget comes from a higher recapture payment to the state, expected at $6,500,000 compared to the $5,500,000 in the previous budget.
Other increases in appropriations are for instruction, going up from $3,608,206 to $3,786,096; security services, growing from $237,240 to $331,240; and food services, rising from $295,663 to $403,200.
New budget items laid out this year include $460,000 in additional employee positions, such as three new teachers, a maintenance worker, an instructional aide, an elementary student services coordinator, a cafeteria director and an assistant high school principal. Two buses are budgeted at $284,048, and a second school resource officer is listed at $60,000. The district is proposing $188,308 in total salary increases for teachers, administration and staff.
In other business, the board heard an update from DSA Construction Management Project Manager Stad Tomlinson about the bond project. Tomlinson said conditions are drier now for more work to be done. Hellas Construction was on site as of June 5th to begin their scope of work with the track and field. Utility contractor Boothe Construction is expected to be back on Thursday to perform continued drainage work. A rebid for plumbing and concrete will be opened next Tuesday, June 20th at 10 a.m. in the Burton High School auditorium.
The number of registered students as of Monday, according to Elementary School Principal Melinda Fuchs and High School Principal Micah Goebel, is 560, including 340 students in Pre-K through 6th grade and 220 students in 7th through 12th grade.
Also on Monday, the board:
- Agreed to continue using Lightspeed as the district’s internet content filter provider.
- Approved Region VI Education Service Center e-contracts.
- Approved a localized board policy manual update.
- Met in executive session to discuss personnel and district safety and security.