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* Board of Education proposed Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget
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Meeting Action Detail:
Town Council Meeting 03/08/2023
File #: 231204 Version: 11
Type: Presentation
Title: Board of Education proposed Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget
Minute Note:
Superintendent of Schools Jason Hartling presented the Board of Education's proposed Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget in the amount of $35,908,368. This was an increase of $1,353,048 or 3.92% over the current Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Budget.
Mr. Hartling began by discussing the increasing needs of students. He explained that the three characteristics of their at-risk students were:
* Poverty
* Disability
* Language acquisition
Mr. Hartling stated over the last ten years, even prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic, that there has been a dramatic change of the profile of the students entering Ledyard Public Schools. He stated this has caused the District to reformulate how they approach the needs that their students that were coming-in, with beginning in Kindergarten and matriculating thru their years in Ledyard Public Schools. He reviewed "Students Needs Chart" (please see attached presentation) noting the following:.
Blue Metric - Illustrated the work Ledyard has done to stabilize the increase of needs by appropriately identifying their students and providing them with the services that would eventually allow them to exit out of the special education program if appropriate.
Orange Metric: Illustrated the Free or Reduced Lunch population which was over 30% for this current school year. Mr. Hartling explained that the State of Connecticut and Federal Government used the Free or Reduced Lunch population to measure the level of poverty in the community. He stated that he believed that this number was 5% - 6% less than what it should be, explaining that some families who were on the margin were resistant to returning the Free and Reduced Lunch Forms back to the school bec...
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