At a meeting scheduled for Sunday, December 8, the Voter’s Assembly will consider a $1,741,277 General Fund spending plan.
The largest portion of the budget are the costs of salaries and benefits which are in excess of $1.5 million. Some of the more significant details:
- An increase to the base salaries for teachers, principal and pastoral staff of 1.5% plus $1,000. This formula means our teachers, especially those with less experience, will see a larger percentage increase than our principal and pastor.
- Health benefit costs will remain the same or actually decrease a little, even though the Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for each worker will increase slightly in response to an increase in the deductible for our high-deductible health plan.
- An increase to the budget for utilities with the hope that we under-spend in this category (programmable thermostats should lower our heating and cooling costs considerably).
Other areas may see slight increases as compared to the actual for 2024, but most categories in the Spending Plan can remain the same since we underspent these categories in the current budget year.
Plan now to be at the Voter’s Assembly in the school’s cafeteria on Sunday, December 8, immediately following the Connect service (about 10:45am).
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