FM #1326 - School Cmte Budget Workshop - 11/26/24

This session shares the Franklin (MA) School Committee Budget Workshop held on Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024. 5 members participated, 4 in the Training Room (Callaghan, Charles, O’Sullivan & McNeill), and 1 remotely (Gallagher). 2 not present (Sompally, Griffin).

Quick recap:

• Supt Giguere opens with the budget development process, likely to have another workshop after the holidays
• Business administrator Jana Melotti takes over to walk through the slides, Dr Dutch adds commentary as well. He is continuing work on a consultant basis
• Clarification on the starting point, some recall Jamie's # differently from what is shown on the slide. They will confirm and update the Cmte via email 
• Also a capital budget preview, more to be covered in the budget subcmte meeting after this session

The recording runs about 55 minutes, so let’s listen in.

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School Committee Budget Workshop agenda -> https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4780/FPSD/5041656/11-26-24_AGENDA-Budget_Workshop.pdf 

Photos of the budget presentation -> (not yet posted to FPS page)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/R1Es5WfrB9LMSq4J8

My notes for the full session are captured in one PDF file ->   

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o16lf6c1yJsM7uV0iVoo3zUy6AEXcN8v/view?usp=drive_link 

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