[Update, June 20] School Board Approves Superintendent's $380,800 Budget Reduction Scenario

Update, June 20

The Board of Education approved $380,800-worth of reductions recommended by district administration Tuesday night to Superintendent Gary Mala's previous $50.8 million gross district budget proposal for fiscal year 2012-13.

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The Board of Education will consider $380,800-worth of reductions Tuesday night to Superintendent Gary Mala's previous $50.8 million gross district budget proposal for fiscal year 2012-13.

Despite the second lowest budget referendum voter turnout in Avon history, 9.97 percent, the $78.72 combined town of Avon budget passed with 789 endorsing it and 404 opposing it.

While the Board of Finance asked the school board to reduce its operating budget request by $267,000 after its mid-April budget workshop, the school district's finance department . Follow the link provided to find out more about them.

Mala released a , but here is an updated list:

• Mala included $10,000 in his initial proposal so parents wouldn't need to pay graduation fees and $25,000 in budget contingency, but his reduction scenario eliminates both of those.
• $40,000 less in Valley Alternative Academy certified staff salaries. The program was started 14 years ago to help Farmington Valley students at risk of dropping out of high school, according to Jane Ellen Peregrin, Avon resident and director of counseling at .
• $5,000 reduction in uniform replacement line item.
• $3,000 less to pay for police service at graduation.
• $3,500 less for PowerSchool training.
• $2,731 reduction for iPad supplies at Avon Middle School.
• $7,500 reduction for Harcourt Consummables line item.
• $2,700 reduction in computer software for .
• $5,157 less for instructional equipment at Roaring Brook.
• $2,000 less for Empowering Writers Training line item.
• $1,224 less for summer curriculum work at Roaring Brook School
• $7,500 reduction for Aimswebb Software line item.
• $10,000 less for equipment and hardware line item.
• $5,000 reduction for support service at Thompson Brook.
• $114,000 in certified staff salary lines
• $25,000 reduction to the post-retirement benefits line item.
• $20,000 less for custodial supplies.
• $2,488 less for Webmaster support.
• $9,000 less for overtime line item.
• $20,000 reduction for transportation contract adjustment.
• $20,000 less for custodial supplies.
• $40,000 less for the medical claims line item.

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