Schools
Amity Regional School Budget Referendum May 8
The official ballot appears below. Schools officials are requesting a nearly 2 percent increase.
Residents in Orange, Woodbridge and Bethany are encouraged to vote Wednesday in a budget referendum for Amity Regional School District #5.
The district is requesting a 1.98 percent increase of $865,293 over the current fiscal year's budget, for a total of $44,478,455.
An additional $589,983 in funding for salaries and an added $127,362 in funding for medical and dental insurance are the main drivers of the requested increase, according to a budget outline on the district's website.
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Salaries are based on 313.3 "full-time equivalent positions," the outline states.
The proposed budget adds:
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- 1.6 full-time equivalent positions, including mandated special education staff and 0.5 security guard for the high school ($71,476).
- $229,358 for replacement computers, laptops and other technology equipment.
- $97,006 for building and on-site improvements, including sidewalk repairs, asphalt sealing, cracks in parking lot and re-sodding football field.
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