November 14, 2012
- Walpole Site Base Minutes
Members Attending: Sarah Manning, Wendy Whiton, Carol Ross, Stephanie Fuller, Lorraine
Brooks, Melissa MacIntire, Sarah Cahill and Sam Jacobs
Reviewed how budget is
developed. Teachers were frugal.
Basically no changes.
Explained code system.
Big push – trade books
(especially at North Walpole). Funds for technology, another mobile lab for North Walpole, smart
boards for classrooms.
Budget proposal $1 million
over default budget. Principals made cuts.
Reviewed preschool
considerations. Walpole will study for a year.
Additional nursing for
Walpole is cut (at this time)
No paraprofessionals lost at
WES. Will look at use of paraprofessionals for math RTI.
Will look at music schedule.
Melissa – Charlestown gives stipend to a teacher for
chorus. Is that a possibility for
us? Will probably restructure music schedule.
Have lost no staff at this
point.
(Reviewed Walpole line
items) page by page.
Unsure of tax impac $100 per
hundred thousand for property value for Walpole. Just completed an appraisal.
No numbers in yet.
Have not heard of impact on
other towns yet.
Finance committee needs to
go to school board with final numbers. May still see further cuts.
