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Paraprofessional accounts ran $208,082 over in FY2026; $99,064 of it was paid against no budget.
1 · The facts
$1,417,449
paraprofessional budget after transfers, FY2026
$1,625,531
paid on paraprofessionals
$208,082
over budget, net
$0
kindergarten aides, budget and transfers
$99,064.15
kindergarten aides, paid
5
special-education aide lines over, of 5
$111,018
those lines over budget, together
$1,526,467
special-education aides, paid, FY2026
$1,823,788
the same aides, FY2027 budget (district workbook)
$0
kindergarten aides, FY2027 budget
2 · What it shows
1
Paraprofessional accounts paid $1,625,531 against $1,417,449 budgeted, $208,082 over.
2
Two kindergarten aide accounts with no budget and no transfer paid $99,064.15.
3
All 5 special-education aide lines closed over, by $111,018 together.
4
FY2027 budgets those aides at $1,823,788; FY2026 paid them $1,526,467.
Paraprofessional accounts that paid anything, FY2026
Year
Voted
Moved in, net
Paid
Left
Kindergarten aides/regular
$0
$0
$93,691
-$93,691
Hs spec ed paraprofessionals
$275,473
$7,562
$312,068
-$29,033
E.s. sped paraprofessionals
$225,152
$33,623
$286,938
-$28,162
M.s. spec ed paraprofessionals
$373,590
-$4,220
$394,176
-$24,806
P.s. sped paraprofessionals
$424,416
$16,913
$464,971
-$23,643
Kind paraprofessionals/reg
$0
$0
$5,373
-$5,373
Paraprofessionals
$43,742
$19,199
$68,314
-$5,373
A budget line is dollars, not people: a line over budget does not say more aides were hired.
What was said
“$81,075.96 from the High School Special Education Resource Room Teacher account to Hospital Tutoring and the ACE, Primary School, Elementary School, Middle School and High School Special Education Paraprofessional accounts to cover overages in those areas”