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Of 576 budget lines and years the district restated, 198 landed within 2% of the line’s budget.
1 · The facts
576
measured, FY2018 to FY2025
198 of 576
within 2% of their budget
125
missed by more than a quarter, either way
7 of 98
missed the same way in every year
$42,878
the largest of those, under, a year
0.8%
salaries under budget, measured years
0.2%
everything else over budget
116 of 117
FY2021 lines whose spent figure is the budget
2 · What it shows
1
Only 198 of 576 line-years landed within 2%; 125 missed by more than a quarter.
2
Just 7 of 98 lines missed the same way every year; the largest averaged $42,878 a year under.
3
Salaries came in 0.8% under across 346 line-years; everything else 0.2% over.
4
The spent column is the district restating its own books; in FY2021 it repeats the budget.
Lines that missed the same way every year
Directionnot from the books
Yearsnot from the books
Average a yearnot from the books
Special Education Transportation - System
under
4
-$42,878
Maintenance/System Salaries
under
5
-$20,754
Kindergarten Paraprofessionals
under
4
-$12,324
Athletic Equipment/Reconditioning
under
4
-$5,021
H.S. General School Supplies
under
5
-$2,952
Special Ed Home/Hospital Tutoring
under
4
-$1,782
M..S. Regular Substitutes
over
5
$6,642
Each year’s budget against the same year’s restated figure, out of the district’s own budget books. A line counts only if it was more than 2% off in every year.