Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
February 2025
Presentation of FY’26 School Committee voted budget to the Advisory Committee (2/5/25) FY’25 second quarter financial report presented to School Committee (2/25/25)
March 2025
Preparation for Annual Town Meeting
April 2025 May 2025
Annual Town Meeting: FY’26 Wellesley Public Schools Budget (Article 8) (4/1, 4/2, 4/7, 4/8, 4/14, and 4/15 - Additional Days as Needed)
FY’25 third quarter financial report (5/13/25) School choice public hearing (5/27/25) Enrollment update presented to School Committee (5/27/25)
June 2025
Enrollment update presented to School Committee (6/24/25) FY’25 and FY’26 budget updates presented to School Committee (6/24/25)
Budget Administration and Management Process
Wellesley Public Schools and the Town of Wellesley utilize the MUNIS financial system, a fully integrated accounting and human resource system. Decentralization of MUNIS will provide each school budget manager 19 and their support staff access to real-time budget information and on-line requisition entry. Accountability and Accessibility of Budgetary Information: Budget managers are statutorily required to stay within their budgetary appropriation. Decentralization of the MUNIS system is a priority for the Director of Finance and Business Operations and the Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations. Without on-line access to real time information, budget managers are unable to maximize their budgets for the greatest impact on teaching and learning. Budget managers of all funds (grants, revolving and general fund) will have on-line access to all non-salary accounts. Monthly year-to-date budget and open purchase order reports are e-mailed to budget managers. Salary accounts are centrally managed; and therefore, not visible to all staff. Wellesley Public Schools is implementing an on-line purchase order system through MUNIS. All requests for goods, services or equipment are requested electronically. Final approver of all purchases is the Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations. In fiscal year 2018, the district purchased a web-based budget module. The product, My Budget File (MBF), allows for greater decentralization of information to Principals and Leadership members; an on-line budget development process; greater reporting capabilities and salary projection options. The previous system relied heavily on Excel spreadsheets and manual entry and manipulation of data. MBF has streamlined the process; provided accurate and timely information to building administrators; and saved countless hours of manual entry of data.
19 Budget Managers include Central Office Administrators; Principals; K-12 Directors; Elementary, Middle and High School Department Heads; Nurse Leader and Director of Transportation.
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