FY'26 Budget Document (December 10, 2024)

Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

Horatio H. Hunnewell Elementary School

Contact Information:

Principal : Jeffrey Dees Secretary : Kristyn Chin 28 Cameron Street Telephone: 781-446-6275

Overview: The Hunnewell School is a community with CARE values: Community, Acceptance, Respect and Effort toward excellence. Recent Accomplishments: • Completed internal swing space with the opening of the new Horatio H. Hunnewell Elementary School in February 2024. • 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. • English Language Learner education is now provided in all elementary schools. • 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)

Kindergarten

26 29 34 33 39 37

29 27 32 38 33 41

46 50 39 57 49 53

44 56 58 51 62 58

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

Total

198

200

294

328

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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