Technology Highlights Foxborough Schools Proposed Budget of $29.3M
Educational technology is a focus of the FY14 school budget, which will go before voters at May's Town Meeting.
As May's Town Meeting approaches, school officials have reviewed and discussed the proposed $29.3 million FY14 budget for Foxborough Public Schools. The proposed total of $29,338,877 will see an increase of $1,173,144 (4.17 percent) over the FY13 budget of $28,165,733. Foxborough Patch recently sat down with Foxborough Schools Superintendent Debbie Spinelli and School Business Administrator Bill Yukna to discuss what the drivers behind this year's budget are, what is left out of the budget and what administrators are hoping the proposed budget will accomplish. “We want to maintain our high level of services to students in Foxborough," Spinelli said. “This basically is a level-service budget where we maintain all our programs and services …
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Steve
9:08 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
It should be mandatory for the Superintendent of Schools to submit a zero increased budget every year, showing the effect of this zero increase on the school system. A second, optional, budget can then also be submitted so that the people in this town can make an informed decision, at town meeting, as to whether or not we want to fund these increases!! The leaders in Foxboro spend our money like … more ›