FY'26 Budget Document (December 10, 2024)

Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

Wellesley High School

Contact Information:

Principal : Dr. Jamie Chisum Assistant Principals : Perrin House: Collin Shattuck Phillips House: Andrew Kelton Bradford House: Sarah Matloff

Secretary : John Malone 50 Rice Street Telephone: 781-446-6290

Overview: We cultivate positive learning experiences and foster responsibility and integrity so that upon leaving Wellesley High School our students will continue to contribute to their worlds. Wellesley High School is a dynamic community guided by these core values: • Academic excellence • Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging • Caring and cooperative relationships • Value and respect for human differences • Commitment to community 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)

Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

356 339 349 368

321 345 327 357

291 308 329 329

294 286 297 334

Total

1,412

1,350

1,257

1,212

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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