Budget Information

It is the goal of the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional School Districts to keep members of the community informed throughout the budget planning process. Relevant materials will be posted here on a regular basis.

Contact Ms. Westmoreland with questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the current or proposed budget.

Information about employee contracts is available here:

http://www.arps.org/node/907 

See also documents from past fiscal years in the archive pages below.

Citizen's Budget Advisory Committee

 

Citizens Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC)
 
CBAC Charge  
 
CBAC Questions & Answers
           Questions Round 1
           Questions Round 2
           Questions Round 3
 
CBAC Meeting Schedule
 
CBAC Meeting Minutes
            12/21/2009
            1/04/2010
            1/08/2010
            1/11/2010
            1/15/2010
            1/17/2010
            1/20/2010
            1/28/2010
            1/31/2010
            2/3/2010
            2/7/2010
            2/11/2010
            2/24/2010
            3/5/2010
            3/8/2010
    3/12/2010
            3/11/2010

 

            3/29/2010
 
CBAC Reports
 
Listed below are final reports of CBAC as of March 15, 2010.

 

 

     Administration
    
Budget Comparison
    
Budget General
     Budget in Context
     Definitions
     Efficiencies
     Elementary Schools
     Health Insurance
     Organizational Chart
     Preschools
     Revenue
     Salaries
     Special Education
     Staffing
     Transportation
     Trimester/Semester

 
     FINAL REPORT & RECOMMENDATIONS 03-31-2010
     This report includes all above reports.

 

 

Questions and Answers RAW

 

NOTE: The document above and supporting documents below are the raw
documents provided to us by ARPS staff on or before March 1st.  In the name
of transparency, we wanted to post these immediately since excerpts from
them have already appeared in the press.  We are meeting with the staff on
March 11th to clarify/expand on these answers and will post these results by
March 15th.

The-Basic-SE-Process-Under-IDEA

100.03a-Regional-Agreement-November-1997

603-CMR-28_00-SE-Law

District-Admin-Costs-Compared

IEP-Process-Guide

Organizational-Chart-And-Comments

Projected-Regional-Assessment-And-Enrollments-2-4-10

Projected-Special-Education-Enrollment-2-25-10

Teacher-Professional-Experience-By-Pay-Grade

Budget-Advisory-Group-FTE-request_salaries

Employee Contracts

 

Archive for Fiscal Year 2012

FY12 Region Budget Document -- proposed budget for the middle school and the high school

FY12 Amherst Budget Document -- proposed budget for Crocker Farm, Fort River and Wildwood

FY12 Pelham Budget Document --proposed budget for Pelham School

Archive for Fiscal Year 2011

Amherst School District
 
            Guide to Amherst School District Budget Documents
FY11 Amherst Schools Budget voted 04.7.10
Final Amherst Schools FY11 Cuts-Restore List 4.5.10
FY11 Amherst Budget – Budget Benchmarks and Proposed Cuts (annotated) (REVISED 1/11/10)
FY11 Amherst Budget – Level Services Budget Projection (REVISED 11/24/09)


 
Background Information
 
FY11 Amherst Budget – Initial Budget and Prioritized Net Cuts List - BCG Presentation  (1/21/10)
FY11 Amherst Budget – Schools Based Staffing Profile
FY11 Amhest Tiered Cuts Detail Discussed at SC Meeting 1.26.10
FY11 Amhest Budget - Executive Summary for revised cuts 2.8.2010

Table of Contents

 

Pelham School District
 
            FY11 Pelham Budget voted 3.11.10
 

Table of Contents

 

Amherst-Pelham Regional School District
 
            Guide to Regional School District Budget Documents
FY11 Regional Budget School Committee Voted (4/13/10)
FY11 Regional FY11 Cuts-Restore List (3/31/10)
FY11 Regional Budget - Re-Prioritized Cuts  Executive Summary 2.9.10
FY11 Regional Budget – Budget Benchmarks  (REVISED 1/11/10)
FY11 Regional Budget – Level Services Budget Projection (REVISED 11/24/09)

 


 
Background Information
HS Trimester and Semester Comparisons (REVISED 1/8/10)
FY10 HS Master Schedule with Class Sizes (REVISED 1/8/10)
FY11 Regional Budget – Initial Budget and Prioritized Net Cuts List - BCG Presentation (1/21/10)
FY11 Regional Budget –Prioritized Adds-Cuts - To Be Discussed at SC 2.2.10

 
 
Four-Town Meetings
The Four-Town Meeting group
 
Agendas
12-12-2009
2-6-2010
4-3-2010
 
Presentations
12-12-2009
2-6-2010
4-3-2010
 

Archive for Fiscal Year 2010

FY2010 Budget Information

(2009 – 2010 School Year)  

General Information
 
Data and Direction
Current Year Salary Information, listed by individual
  
Amherst School District
 
FY10 Amherst Budget – Final Approved Budget - Summary
FY10 Amherst Budget – Final Approved Budget - Detailed
FY10 Amherst Budget – The budget development process
FY10 Amherst Budget – Additions and Cuts to the Budget
 
Background Information
            Non-Core Subjects / Services Salary Costs
           
Pelham School District
 
FY10 Pelham Budget – Final Approved Budget - Summary
FY10 Pelham Budget – Final Approved Budget - Detailed
 
 
Amherst-Pelham Regional School District
 
FY10 Region Budget – Final Approved Budget - Summary
FY10 Region Budget – Final Approved Budget - Detailed
FY10 Region Budget – The budget development process
FY10 Region Budget – Additions and Cuts to the Budget
 
Background Information
            Middle / High School Approach to Cuts