Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, February 28, 2020 Big Money Differences Town Manager’s budget includes $1.9M less than what School Committee was seeking for FY 2021 budget By Mark E. Vogler We Now Offer For Your Eating Pleasure “UBER EATS” Convenient Delivery Service Bianchi’s Pizza and Renzo’s Full Menu To Go ~ Renzo’s Entertainment Schedule ~ Wednesday: DJ George * Thursday: Mike Mazola * Friday: Beau Paris Saturday: Joe Canzano * Sunday, 3:30 p.m. : DJ George Entertainment Wed. Thru Sat. 7:30 p.m. 381 Revere Beach Blvd., Revere Facebook.com/ 781-284-5600 advocate.news.ma own Manager Scott C. Crabtree’s proposed budget includes $30,075,250 for the School Department – a $500,000 increase over the 2020 fi scal year budget approved last spring by Town Meeting. But the amount earmarked for Saugus Public Schools in the town manager’s spending plan for the 2021 Fiscal Year that begins July 1 is still $1.9 million less than what the School Committee voted unanimously to support last month. That major shortfall between what the School Department is seeking to run the schools and what Crabtree recommended for school spending surfaced this week as the town manager unveiled his spending plan. T “This increase does not include the indirect costs paid by the Town on behalf of the School Department and included as part of the total Net School Spending (NSS) calculations required by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and SecondSKATING CENTER www.Roller-World.com | 781-231-1111 ATM on site Sunday Located Adjacent to Rite Aid Pharmacy in Saugus Plaza, South Bound Route 1 MBTA Bus Route 429 FREE WI-FI - 2 WIDE SCREEN TV’S FULLY AIR CONDITIONED WINTER SKATING SCHEDULE ATTENTION! 12-8 p.m. $7.50 Monday Private Parties Tuesday School & PTO GROUPS 7:30-10:30 p.m. Adult Night 18+ only $8.50 Wednesday Private Parties Thursday Private Parties 3-11 p.m. $7.50 Friday Saturday Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 12-11 p.m. $7.50 Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 Skates included in price/Blades $3 Bowling Alleys, 2 snack bars, video games. School Vacation Weeks 12-8 p.m. Admission $7.50 Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel Jet Blue Air 5 days / 4 nights Your school PTO can for your group. Call for details. BIRTHDAY PARTIES $11.50/Person, min. of 10 kids. Price includes Adm. + Roller Skates. Cake, soda, paper goods, 20 tokens for birthday person plus 100 Redemption Tickets and a gift from Roller World in one of our private BP Rooms. ary Education (DESE),” Crabtree wrote in a three-page cover letter to selectmen that accompanied his recommended budget for the next fi scal year. “For Fiscal Year 2018 according to DESE based on actual expenditures the Town is 49.35 percent over the required net school spending and 49.62 percent for Fiscal Year 2019 based on budgeted data from DESE,” the town manager said. The proposed budget approved by the School Committee – close to $32 million – amounts to an 8.1 percent increase over the existing School Department budget. This includes $523,259 for a free all-day kindergarten – including staffi ng for two additional classrooms – and $150,000 for four full-time day custodians, two for Saugus High School and two for Saugus Middle School. Another $220,000 would fund the salaries of a technical engineer, a librarian and a curriculum leader – all full-time positions. Saugus Public Schools Superintendent Dr. David DeRuosi, Jr. recommended a spending plan of $31,135,057 – which would have been a 5.3 percent increase over the School Department’s current budget. DeRuosi’s plan is still $1.1 million more than what the town manager is recommending for the School Department. DeRuosi, members of the School Committee and other School Department offi cials are expected to appear before the Finance Committee next Wednesday (March 4) to brief Finance Committee members on the proposed school budget. That meeting is set for 7 p.m. in the fi rst fl oor conference room at Town Hall.
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