Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
Pre-School at Wellesley Schools (PAWS)
Contact Information:
Interim Director : Kristen Stacy Secretary : Isabel Cashman 63 Hastings Street (Adjacent to Fiske School)
Telephone: 781-446-6222
Overview: The PAWS mission is to provide a learning environment that is safe, healthy, and supports every child’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The PAWS preschool classroom is an engaging environment where children learn primarily through developmentally appropriate play experiences. Teachers design a classroom environment that encourages children’s active participation in their own learning. Each classroom teaching team works together to foster a social/emotional environment that encourages a sense of community and values the contributions of each individual child within that community. Population Served: Children with and without special needs follow a different admission process. To be eligible for enrollment, children without special needs must be three years old by September 1st. Children with special education needs are placed in PAWS classroom through the Team process. Children with special education needs, who qualify, are offered a place in one of the PAWS classrooms as they turn three or as soon as their needs are identified. Recent Accomplishments: • Wellesley Public Schools is utilizing a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework to strengthen and support academic and social-emotional learning for all students. The district’s collective focus is on rigorous core instruction, as well as enrichment and intervention, to support all students in achieving benchmark expectations. • Equity Facilitators lead professional learning on diversity, equity, and inclusion to provide training on educational equity in schools.
Enrollment History:
SY’2022-2023 Actual (10/1/22)
SY’2023-2024 Actual (10/1/23)
SY’2024-2025 Actual (10/1/24)
SY’2025-2026 Projected (10/1/25)
Students
89
96
87
87
Significant Changes to the FY’25 Adjusted Budget by Category: Changes to the FY’25 Adjusted Budget are divided into three categories:
Level Service: a budget that supports providing the same standard of service as in the prior fiscal year. Under this definition, line items would increase or decrease depending on changes in need, such as enrollment increases or decreases or contract changes, but not to provide a higher level of service to meet existing needs.
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