FY2026 Superintendents Preliminary Budget Final-1

FY2025 SUPERINTENDENT’S RECOMMENDED BUDGET

ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FY24 DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM OVERVIEW

DEPARTMENT:

ADMINISTRATOR:

Human Resources & Administration

Andrew Shen

​ ​ ORGANIZATION/PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ​ ​

This department is responsible for personnel, planning and policy. This includes Human Resources and supporting, recruiting, hiring, and evaluation of all staff, as well as management of substitute teachers. This department also oversees the enrollment and placement of students, the kindergarten lottery, and wait-lists. Finally, district policy and procedures, including requests for public records, are managed by this department. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to: ●​ Recruitment, hiring, onboarding of all staff ●​ Benefits management for all active and retired employees of the District, including but not limited to, health

insurance, retirement application, and workmen’s compensation claims ●​ Substitute teacher, staff absences and leave requests including FMLA

●​ Labor relations and union contracts ●​ Staff compensation and contracts ●​ Educator licensure and compliance ●​ State reporting for enrollment and staffing

●​ Student enrollment and data management and planning ●​ Registration and placement of all new elementary students ●​ Kindergarten Registration ●​ District policies and practices ●​ Employee-employer dispute management ●​ Requests for public records ●​ EDCO-related retirement and post-employment personnel records requests and management

SELECTED FY25 ACCOMPLISHMENTS ●​ Transition to an updated and cloud-based personnel database that includes and improves workflow and information flow for most personnel-related documentation and transactions ●​ Transition to an online system for collecting and processing time tracking for hourly employees

FY25 BUDGET PRIORITIES, INITIATIVES & BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS ●​ Increasing the diversity of our educator workforce ●​ Identify strategies to address ongoing challenges with filling staff vacancies including, but not limited to, certified educator positions and roles ●​ Address staffing needs for highlighted areas of growing need including, but not limited to, Special Education and English Language learners

SUMMARY OF CHANGES FROM FY25 to FY26

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