Dec 2016 ( 6 month old blog)
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Here we go the Budget
According to Miller she found these mistake's when she came in. However she was the one who did the budget for 2015 /2016 so who she blaming now ? Also how in GODS name do you have a 200,000.00 shortfall on the lunch program?
My question is why is PVRS and the other schools not a part of the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act which has been going on since 2010 ? Schools all over Massachusetts are using this program and its FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCHES TO ALL KIDS. Hello..
Now if you look back in the blog you will see how ..
1- Miller will try and blame the past Administration for mistakes etc..( which you will later learn were hers , when its to late)
2- We were warned to watch her budgets .( By Templeton)
3- She would cause destruction . ( Bingo) ( Also warned by Templeton)
4- She will use sports and arts and chorus and Band to get her budget passed . ( Go back and educated yourselves)
What actually should be happening is The Superintendent , Asst Superintendent , PVRS Principal Bacon and Vice Principal ALL NEED PAY CUTS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IS CONSIDERED, AND TO MOVE THE OFFICES FROM MAIN STREET BACK TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. These cut's alone would save tax payers thousands and help put the budget back on track.
You were warned in 2015, your being warned again , stop it while you can . Demand these cuts and moving the offices back to one of the schools , enrollment is down and remember the largest class of school choice graduates in 2017. This is a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. NOBODY from school choice chose PVRS this year and two students left and went to BUHS.
Fight for your school or you will be fighting to keep your homes.
Concern over the Pioneer Valley Regional School District budget usually reflects a classic tug of war between education costs and taxpayer parsimony.
But this month, the district’s budget dilemma is a serious budgetary hole — a deficit of almost $500,000. After the initial shock and dismay, the district is getting some answers about how it got here and what has to be done to avoid this kind of trouble in the future.
In examining the finances for fiscal year 2015, auditors from the accounting and tax firm of Melanson Heath found a number of budgetary weaknesses that allowed the deficit to grow, and they have made suggestions for correcting these lapses.
One of the biggest single deficits involves the school lunch program. It may not be surprising that the lunch program runs in the red, given the many costs, including food, labor, transportation and reimbursements. The amount here leapt out at the auditors, though.
“A $200,000 deficit for a school district your size is enormous,” the auditors said.
No one is wrong to ask how this happened. And we suspect there were many variables that went into the equation.
Big on the auditors’ list is that the district had no mechanism for monitoring the actual spending in relation to the budget. They also criticized the district not having one comprehensive budgeting document.( You will find this is a walk down memory lane )
“Not having that complete document led to a lot of other errors,” Tanya Campbell, one of the auditors recently told the School Committee. “The information that got reported in the general ledger was also not complete and accurate.”
In essence it boils down to the district having accurate and complete information readily available. And while it may be hard to find a silver lining here, the auditors did say that they thought all of the money was accounted for.( It just gets juggled around also in the history of the blog)
Still, there’s much to do to right the district’s finances, an effort that isn’t going to happen overnight. To pay off the deficit will have a budgetary impact for several years as the district moves forward.
The auditors also recommend building up the undesignated general fund to provide the district with a buffer against unforeseen circumstances, which will also allow the district to reduce its short-term borrowing to cover contingencies. ( so much déjà vu)
Other recommendations seek to keep better track of the revenue streams coming in, such as grants and School Choice income and money going out with Choice and charter school tuition assessments.
“We’re going to have a much better way of telling where our money is in 2017,” said Superintendent Ruth Miller, who originally flagged the financial issues after arriving, adding that the district put corrections in place beginning in fiscal 2016.
The district can take comfort in that adjustments have already been made. But school officials should remain vigilant to ensure that they are spending money wisely — and carefully keeping track of that spending.
My question is why is PVRS and the other schools not a part of the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act which has been going on since 2010 ? Schools all over Massachusetts are using this program and its FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCHES TO ALL KIDS. Hello..
Now if you look back in the blog you will see how ..
1- Miller will try and blame the past Administration for mistakes etc..( which you will later learn were hers , when its to late)
2- We were warned to watch her budgets .( By Templeton)
3- She would cause destruction . ( Bingo) ( Also warned by Templeton)
4- She will use sports and arts and chorus and Band to get her budget passed . ( Go back and educated yourselves)
What actually should be happening is The Superintendent , Asst Superintendent , PVRS Principal Bacon and Vice Principal ALL NEED PAY CUTS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IS CONSIDERED, AND TO MOVE THE OFFICES FROM MAIN STREET BACK TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. These cut's alone would save tax payers thousands and help put the budget back on track.
You were warned in 2015, your being warned again , stop it while you can . Demand these cuts and moving the offices back to one of the schools , enrollment is down and remember the largest class of school choice graduates in 2017. This is a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. NOBODY from school choice chose PVRS this year and two students left and went to BUHS.
Fight for your school or you will be fighting to keep your homes.
Concern over the Pioneer Valley Regional School District budget usually reflects a classic tug of war between education costs and taxpayer parsimony.
But this month, the district’s budget dilemma is a serious budgetary hole — a deficit of almost $500,000. After the initial shock and dismay, the district is getting some answers about how it got here and what has to be done to avoid this kind of trouble in the future.
In examining the finances for fiscal year 2015, auditors from the accounting and tax firm of Melanson Heath found a number of budgetary weaknesses that allowed the deficit to grow, and they have made suggestions for correcting these lapses.
One of the biggest single deficits involves the school lunch program. It may not be surprising that the lunch program runs in the red, given the many costs, including food, labor, transportation and reimbursements. The amount here leapt out at the auditors, though.
“A $200,000 deficit for a school district your size is enormous,” the auditors said.
Big on the auditors’ list is that the district had no mechanism for monitoring the actual spending in relation to the budget. They also criticized the district not having one comprehensive budgeting document.( You will find this is a walk down memory lane )
“Not having that complete document led to a lot of other errors,” Tanya Campbell, one of the auditors recently told the School Committee. “The information that got reported in the general ledger was also not complete and accurate.”
In essence it boils down to the district having accurate and complete information readily available. And while it may be hard to find a silver lining here, the auditors did say that they thought all of the money was accounted for.( It just gets juggled around also in the history of the blog)
Still, there’s much to do to right the district’s finances, an effort that isn’t going to happen overnight. To pay off the deficit will have a budgetary impact for several years as the district moves forward.
The auditors also recommend building up the undesignated general fund to provide the district with a buffer against unforeseen circumstances, which will also allow the district to reduce its short-term borrowing to cover contingencies. ( so much déjà vu)
Other recommendations seek to keep better track of the revenue streams coming in, such as grants and School Choice income and money going out with Choice and charter school tuition assessments.
“We’re going to have a much better way of telling where our money is in 2017,” said Superintendent Ruth Miller, who originally flagged the financial issues after arriving, adding that the district put corrections in place beginning in fiscal 2016.
The district can take comfort in that adjustments have already been made. But school officials should remain vigilant to ensure that they are spending money wisely — and carefully keeping track of that spending.
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