Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
The district’s elementary enrollment, which has been in decline for more than a decade, has now stabilized, and the district is forecasting that elementary enrollment will begin increasing each year over the next four years. There are no reductions in elementary sections forecasted for FY’26. Middle and high schools are slated to see enrollment declines until larger cohorts of elementary students progress through our K-5 grade levels and begin arriving at the secondary level. This budget includes staff reductions at middle school and high school calibrated to those student enrollment adjustments. Below is a view of the planned section changes and the anticipated cost impacts.
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
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