Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
FY’26 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Impact
FY’26 Projected Enrollment
FY’26 Projected Section 14 Sections 16 Sections 17 Sections 15 Sections 17 Sections 14 Sections
FY’26 Salary Cost/(Savings)
Grade
Kindergarten
14 Down
0.00 FTE 0.00 FTE +1.00 FTE -1.00 FTE +3.00 FTE -3.00 FTE
$0 $0
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
8 Up 31 Up
$84,994 ($84,994) $254,982 ($254,982)
16 Down
59 Up
21 Down 10 Down 15 Down
-3.00 FTE
($254,982)
15 Up 3 Up
22 Down 32 Down
-3.80 FTE
($301,213)
5 Up
TOTAL
8 Down
93 Sections
(6.80FTE)
($556,195)
In addition to these classroom teacher reductions, there are additional personnel changes because of the projected enrollment for school year 2025-2026. These personnel changes include an additional 0.20 FTE Librarian at Sprague; an elementary Math Specialist reduction (-1.00 FTE) resulting in two (2) specialists per elementary building; and a School Counselor reduction (-0.50 FTE) at the middle school. With these additional enrollment-based personnel changes, the total FTE impact is a reduction of 8.10 with a financial reduction of ($668,998). These reductions are included in the “Level Service” category. Base salary increases are $3,517,027 or 3.86% increase over FY’25. With these large base salary increases, the enrollment-based savings are difficult to identify. This table provides the expected financial and FTE impact of these reductions. The distribution of staff and related changes proposed as part of the FY’26 Budget is described in more detail in Appendix B: Enrollment. Staff Demographics The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) requires all Massachusetts school districts to submit the Education Personnel Information Management System (EPIMS) report two times per year. Each Massachusetts educator is assigned an Education Personnel Identification (MEPID) number, a unique number assigned to each person. The EPIMS report collects demographic data on school personnel and their work assignments. The data provided in this section is based on the end-of-year filing by the district. Staff Profiles 8 : Over the eight-year period, the percent of non-white staff have increased from 62.7 to 82.2 individuals or an increase of 7.68% to 10.03% of the total workforce. Our student demographic profile is 36.7% non-white, significantly higher than our staff profile. The continued hiring and retention of diverse candidates is a priority for all hiring managers.
8 Staffing Data by Race, Ethnicity, Gender is from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s School and District Profiles (DART) site.
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