May 8, 2017 7:00 PM Millville Elementary School Blackstone-Millville Regional School District Millville Town Meeting Budget Presentation May 8, 2017 7:00 PM Millville Elementary School

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT School Committee certified FY18 budget is $22,576,232. One year ago, certified FY17 budget was $22,585,635. FY09 budget was $20,995,432 FY17 budget was $22,017,480 In the past 8 years, budget grew 4.9% This is an average increase of 0.6% per year

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 2009 20,995,432 2010 20,738,376 -1.2% 2011 20,540,430 -1.0% 2012 20,455,470 -0.4% 2013 20,975,054 +2.5% 2014 21,365,250 +1.8% 2015 21,322,524 -0.2% 2016 21,791,340 +2.2% 2017 22,017,480 +1.0% 2018 22,576,232 +2.5% With 2.5% in FY18, would be a net growth of 7.4% over 9 years, or avg. increase of 0.8 %

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FY18 School Budget consists of: Salaries $14,082,488 62.4% Benefits $ 3,904,970 17.3% Transp. $ 1,626,587 7.2% Bldg O&M $ 941,899 4.2% Special Ed $ 740,969 3.3% Subtotal $21,296,913 94.4% Other* $ 1,279,319 5.6% Total $22,576,232 100.0% *Curriculum, technology, supplies, athletics, music

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FY16 Per Pupil Expenditures* Norfolk Agricultural $22,039 Tri County $19,303 Blackstone Valley Tech $18,989 State Average $15,526 Mendon-Upton $15,033 Bellingham $14,351 Uxbridge $13,926 Milford $13,883 Blackstone-Millville $13,330 *Source: DESE website www.doe.mass.edu School Finance: Statistical Comparisons

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Excess & Deficiency Account is the District’s stabilization fund. DOR allows 5% of the net budget to be in E&D. This year that would be $1,100,874. After applying the offset for FY18, balance left will be $400,000 or 1.8%. In comparison, over the past four years, the School Committee has offset the town’s share by $1,555,693 from E&D and the towns have added supplemental contributions of $1,528,192.

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT May 8, 2017. Now is the time for the Town of Millville to support our District and vote the Town’s share of the Blackstone-Millville Regional School District’s FY18 Budget of $2,854,303. Anything less sends a strong message across the educational community that our District, that educates all students, will need to make reductions in personnel, purchase less technology, and ignore curriculum requirements.

BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT This will ultimately mean less educational opportunities for our students to meet the needs of complex and rapidly changing world, an increase in class size in each school, and a District that will not be able to compete to offer a strong education for every student. What type of School District do you want for your town, for your community, for your children and grandchildren? The choice is before you tonight. Please be heard, our students are depending on you.