NorthportEast Northport School District Budget 20082009

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Northport-East NorthportSchool DistrictBudget
2008-2009
Dr. Marylou McDermott Superintendent of Schools
Mr. Lawrence Blake Interim Assistant
Superintendent for Business
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STATE AID

• The State Legislature recently passed an
  increase of State Aid from the Governors
  original proposal by 1,012,100.
• The Board of Education unanimously approved to
  utilize this additional revenue to reduce the
  estimated tax levy and tax rate.

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Northport-East NorthportSchool District

• Budget 143,276,733
• Budget Increase 5.75
• Estimated Tax Rate Increase 5.78

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Budget Distribution
General Support 13
Miscellaneous 1
Instruction 77
Debt Service 4
Transportation 5
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Enhancements Included in 2008-2009 Budget

• Educational Technology
• - 43 Smart Boards - 7 network printers
• - 137 computers - 3 network printer labs
• - 17 laptops - 22 projectors
• - 27 color printers - 4 scanners
• Security
• - Districtwide Supervisor of Security
• - Security monitor at each Middle School
• Playgrounds
• - Refurbish five of the six elementary schools
• (Norwood is completed.)
• Athletics
• - Additional middle school teams and coaches
• - Additional high school coaching
• 5. Coordinator of Students for 60,000
• 6. Two additional buses

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The Propositions on the May 20, 2008 Ballot
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PROPOSITION NO. 1GENERAL FUND BUDGET

• The budget is 143,276,733
• The budget increase is 5.75
• The estimated tax increase is 5.78

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PROPOSITION NO. 2 REFERENDUM TO EXECUTE Contract
of Sale with the Town of Huntington

• Shall the Board of Education of the
  Northport-East Northport UFSD be authorized to
  convey to the Town of Huntington, for park
  purposes (initially to be utilized as a
  boundless playground), a portion of the
  Bellerose Avenue Elementary School site presently
  being utilized as part of Veterans Park
  comprised of approximately 0.785 acres, and
  designated on the Tax Map of the County of
  Suffolk as District 0400 Section 086 Block 01 p/o
  Lot 02.00 as more fully described in a legal
  description of file in the Office of the District
  Clerk which sale shall be on substantially the
  terms and conditions set forth in a contract of
  sale on file in the Office of the District Clerk
  which contract provides for nominal consideration
  and includes provision whereby title shall, at
  the option of the School District, revert to the
  District should the premises be utilized for any
  purpose other than that of a public park.

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PROPOSITION NO. 3 CAPITAL PROJECTS

• Shall the Board of Education of the
  Northport-East Northport UFSD be authorized,
  pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law, to
  establish a reserve fund to be known as the
  General Construction/Electro-Mechanical Capital
  Reserve Fund for the purposes of renovation
  and/or reconstruction of existing school
  buildings/facilities and replacement and/or
  upgrading of heating, ventilating, plumbing,
  electrical and technology equipment,
  installations and systems. The probable term of
  said reserve fund shall be ten (10) years and
  its ultimate amount shall not be more than five
  million (5,000,000) dollars to be funded from
  budget appropriation and/or transfer from
  unexpended unreserved fund balance in an annual
  amount of not more than six hundred thousand
  (600,000) dollars. The Superintendent of
  Schools or his/her designee is hereby directed to
  deposit monies of this reserve fund in a separate
  bank account to be known as the General
  Construction/Electro-Mechanical Reserve Fund.
  The Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee
  shall and hereby is authorized to invest, from
  time to time the monies in this fund pursuant to
  Section 1723 of the Education Law.