Town of Braintree

What's their status?

Did Sisk step down and someone else get appointed to complete his term?

Jeannie Mackin is leaving a year early do to business demands. This opens a one year seat.

Cunningham has pulled papers.

Is Karen Whitney pulling papers?

Who else is interested?

I have other priorities at this time myself.

student /teacher ratio by school

Braintree - Directory Information
Braintree (00400000)

Peter A Kurzberg, Superintendent
Mailing Address: 348 Pond Street
Braintree, MA 02184-5310
Phone: (781) 380-0130
FAX: (781) 380-0146
E-mail: peter_kurzberg@braintreeschools.org
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County:Norfolk
NCES ID: 2502940
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Grade Span Grades Offered
Presently Number
of Schools:
Elementary: K 01 02 03 04 05 /6 total
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Middle/Junior High :06 07 08/ 2 total
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Secondary :PK 09 10 11 12/ 1 total
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Total PK K 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 / 9 total
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Kindergarten starting age is 5 as of August 31.
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Teacher Data (2003-04)
District/State
Total # of Teachers: 333/72,062
% of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment 98.8/93.9
Total # of Teachers in Core Academic Areas 284/59,662
% of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified 98.6/93.9
Student/Teacher Ratio:(B)15>1/(STATE)13.6>1
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Braintree - Enrollment/Indicators
Enrollment by Grade (2003-04)
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pk/k/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/SP/ CT/ Total
PK;102/K;313/1;363/2;406/3;425/4; 384/5;399/6;392/7;421/8;419/9;338/10; 380/11;341/12;316/sp;4 town total: 5,003 students
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Teacher Salaries & Counts
District/State
(B)1999/2003 (S)1999/2003
Salary Totals: (B)$16,676,194/ $20,506,722(S)$3,081,654,861/ $3,603,600,648
Average Salary:(B)$48,295/$52,744(S)$45,149/$51,803
Full Time Employee Count:(B)345.3/ 388.8(S)68,255.8/69,562.9


any additional info can be retrieved from profiles.doe.mass.edu.there are links to it from the town web site.





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info on school repair grants,etc

School Finance: School Building Issues
Federal Programs:
Federal Renovation Grant:

Massachusetts received $19 million in federal funds from IDEA grants authorized in the federal fiscal year 2001 appropriations act. This was a one-time grant program designed to help local school districts, charter schools and private schools make urgent school repairs and renovations. Sixty-One grants were awarded to 41 school districts, private schools and charter schools. Districts and schools funded under this federal program were required to encumber all funds by September, 2003.
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Qualified Zone Academy Bonds http://www.ed.gov/programs/qualifiedzone/faq.html QZAB are bonds the Federal Government subsidizes by allowing bondholders to receive tax credits that are approximately equal to the interest that states and communities would pay holders of taxable bonds. As a result, issuers are generally responsible for repayment of just the principal. QZABs were first authorized under Section 226 of the Taxpayer's Relief Act of 1997 (Section 1397E of the Internal Revenue Code). QZABs can help schools save up to 50 percent of the cost of financing allowable activities. A bill extending the QZAB program for 2004 has not been passed.

LINKS
School Building Authority. http://www.mass.gov/msba/
On July 26, Governor Romney signed into law Chapter 208 of the Acts of 2004, establishing a new Massachusetts School Building Authority. The new authority has assumed responsibility for the Commonwealth's school building assistance (SBA) program. All requests and inquiries regarding the SBA program should be directed to the new authority.

MA Technology Collaborative
http://www.mtpc.org/RenewableEnergy/Green_Schools.htm
MTC provides information, technical assistance and funding for feasibility, studies, design, construction and educational activities of green public schools employing renewable technologies. The goal of the Green Schools Initiative is to encourage school districts to construct or renovate school buildings that will cost less to operate and will provide healthier learning environments for students.

RESOURCES
Facility Planning Guide http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003347

This Guide was prepared by members of the National Forum on Education Statistics to help school facilities managers plan for efficient and effective operations. The Planning Guide has been developed to help readers better understand why and how to develop, implement, and evaluate a facilities maintenance plan. It provides practical advice on a range of topics; including how to do facilities audits, building inventories and maintenance planning and how to manage staff and contractors and evaluate maintenance efforts.

Healthy Schools Checklist: http://www.mass.gov/dph/beha/iaq/schools/schools.htm

The Healthy Schools Council (HSC) was established in 2001. The council is made up of representatives from the Departments of: Education, Public Health, Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Occupational Safety, Environmental Protection, Food and Agriculture; the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, the Office of Technical Assistance, the Attorney General's Office, the State Fire Marshall's Office and the Board of Higher Education.

This inter-agency council identified a working group of key staff from agencies involved with environmental health and safety issues in schools, who were tasked with identifying a list of the most important issues for schools to address in terms of environmental health and safety. This document contains information and resources to assist Massachusetts' school systems in identifying and remedying indoor environment health and safety problems.



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fiscal year school expenditure

I. Personnel

1000 Central Administration;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
669,574/689,443/689,443

2000 Instruction;

2003 / 2004 /2005
25,638,229/24,526,229/24,970,090

3000 Other School Services;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
492,250/ 634,832/ 613,068

4000 Operation of School Plant;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
1,829,731/1,842,715/1,841,482
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Sub Total;
2003 / 2004 / 2005
28,629,784/27,693,219/28,114,083
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II. Materials

1000 Administration;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
20,915/ 37,491/37,491

2000 Instruction;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
513,284/ 405,432/ 405,432

3000 Other School Services;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
7,215 /9,000 /9,000

4000 Operation of School Plant;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
1,522,182/ 1,373,541 /1,446,212

7000 Acquisition Fixed Assets;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
442,340/ 310,052/ 310,052
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Sub Total;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
2,505,936/ 2,135,516/ 2,208,187

III. Supportive Services

1000 Administration;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
46,381/ 59,963/ 59,963

2000 Instruction;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
2,512,295/ 2,056,536 /2,139,776

3000 Other School Services;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
1,981,893/ 1,707,670/ 1,795,276

4000 Operation of School Plant;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
188,329/ 159,578 /149,078

6000 Community Services;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
34,304/35,181 /35,181

9000 Programs with Other Districts;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
2,520,823/ 2,872,744/ 2,978,863

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Sub Total;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
7,284,025/ 6,891,672/ 7,158,137

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BUDGET TOTAL;

2003 / 2004 / 2005
38,419,745/ 36,720,407/ 37,480,407


Fiscal Year 2004/05 percent increase;
+ 2.07%


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