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Notes provided by: Joan Axelrod Meeting: Budget
Sub-Committee of School Committee Attending: Paul Schlichtman, Suzanne Owayda, Sue Sheffler, Jeff Thielman, K. Donovan, Rob Adelson (New Chief Financial Officer) Agenda: To review a facts/options presentation about activity fees. The presentation will be delivered at a public meeting 10/29 @ Ottoson. Suzanne Owayda distributed notes from a Power Point presentation that will be used for a 10/29 public meeting regarding extracurricular fees. The presentation reviews fees that are currently paid for activities such as instrumental music, participation in other clubs, participation on athletic teams and participation in full day kindergarten. It documents income versus cost for each activity and indicates that the greatest net cost to the budget is high school sports, for which there is $344,000 net cost to the system. A change in fees for participation on sports teams is being considered. Several alternative proposals are suggested:
Other cost-saving measures were also reviewed. The committee approved the presentation with a few, minor revisions and recommended that the Power Point notes be distributed at the meeting and posted on line. Paul Schlichtman reported that EdNets President, Richard Trembowicz, who had previously presented to the Budget Subcommittee (10/9) was willing to come back and speak to a larger group about his company's web-site proposal. Next Budget Subcommittee: Tentatively Wednesday 12/3 @ 7:00. Mr. Tosti (Town Meeting Finance Committee) will be invited to discuss the O'Neil Formula SPOT
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