bristol township school district behavior specialist

Then there’s what happened at Kickemuit Middle School two months ago. The majority of those increases were either guaranteed, or at least reasonably predicted. Investments in 'social emotional' supports

That number is rising by three or four students.

An increase in out-of-district placements this year, the district paid to send about 50 students to outside settings, typically private schools like Meeting Street and others.

Andrade said those mandatory costs have gone up two years in a row. For example, a student from the Bristol Warren district who gets placed into a foster home in the West Bay, must be bused back into town to go to school in this district every day.

$100,000 more in transportation fees to drive students who are in foster care or alternate home placements, in and out of the district, per state law.

$50,000 for AP (Advanced Placement) textbooks.

$70,000 to update and replace equipment in a Mac lab.

Those two buckets hold about $2.5 million of the nearly $3 million growth in spending.

On top of their salaries, they can receive stipends for master’s degrees, longevity and more.Īnother $935,000 is going to staff benefits, principally increases in health care premiums. A majority of teachers in the Bristol Warren district are at Step 12. Per teachers’ union contract, the base salary for a “Step 12” (most veteran and highest-paid) teacher, will be increasing 2.6 percent, from an $83,790 base salary to an $85,969 base salary. About $1.5 million of the increase is for staff salaries. Andrade could have told you a year ago what the majority of this money would be going toward. There isn’t a lot of sexy stuff in here,” he said Tuesday morning. “This is an investment in people and programs. Superintendent of Schools Mario Andrade knows it’s a big increase, and it’s a big “ask” from the two towns. Put those things together, and to fund the budget, Bristol taxpayers face an 8.5 percent increase ($2.25 million more), Warren taxpayers face an 11 percent increase ($1.27 million more). Money from a capital loan revolving fund is down nearly $1 million. Funding from the State of Rhode Island is going down $522,000. The Bristol Warren Regional School District says it needs nearly $2 million more next year.

Bristol township school district behavior specialist