FY08 Tupelo Public School District Budget

Date:August 15, 2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The total FY08 Budget expenditures for the Tupelo Public School District (TPSD) amount to $  87,462,033.08.  There are a number of significant new expenditures included in this year’s budget that might be of interest to you:

Salary Increases
Teacher (Certified) Pay Increases	$   1,999,730.00
(Local Teacher Supplement Increase)	140,000.00
Other Staff (Classified) Pay Increase	120,295.00
Administrative Pay Increases	86,474.00
Assistant Teacher Pay Increases	104,985.00

              
Teacher Pay Increases constitute 87% of all TPSD Pay Increases for the 2007-2008 school year.

Additional Employees
  5 Behavior/Academic Interventionists
  2.5 Instructional Coaches
  1 Dyslexia/TST/SPED/ Interventionist              
  1 Dropout Prevention Officer
14 Data Assistants
  2 Technology Technicians
  1 Nurse
  1 Grounds Worker 
  3 Lawndale Custodians
  2 Elementary Teachers 
  1 ECEC Teacher/1 ECEC Assistant Teacher    
  2 Spanish Program/ELL Coordinators                                                       

Total Cost:	$	915,000.00
New Expenditures
Dropout Prevention/Alternative Education	$	250,000.00
Electricity Cost Increases		10,000.00
Property Insurance Cost Increases		34,000.00
SRO Training		10,000.00
Dyslexia Training		25,000.00
Eighth Grade Baseball Program		5,000.00
Two Maintenance Vehicles		36,000.00
Cheerleader Mat		6,000.00
Debt Service Expenditures	$	48,568.00

These increased expenditures in the FY08 TPSD Budget are consistent with our school district’s commitment to the implementation of the TPSD Strategic Plan.
 

Randy D. McCoy, Ed.D
Superintendent