The Holbrook Unified School District Governing Board met Tuesday and approved the annual report summary for fiscal year 2011.
According to information presented by Business Manager Garry McDowell, the school district’s budget for the previous fiscal year was supported by nearly $3 million in local revenue, $471,611 in county revenue, $9 million in state revenue and nearly $2 million in federal revenue. With the addition of a beginning fund balance of $362,522, the revenues totaled approximately $14.8 million.
Expenditures in maintenance and operations of approximately $13.5 million represented a 10 percent drop from the previous year. This loss was offset by federal funds in the form of a one-time stimulus grant in the amount of $436,960, for a total of nearly $14.3 million.
A breakdown of expenditures shows that the greatest change over the previous year was a 46 percent cut to classroom site funds, which totaled $308,977 compared to the $577,192 spent in the previous school year. This loss came as a result of reduced revenues from sales taxes received as a part of Proposition 301. This reduction meant performance pay for teachers was cut, and base salaries for teachers were supplemented with regular maintenance and operations funding.
The district spent close to $1.4 million for unrestricted capital purchases to provide classrooms with com-puters and other technology for students. These funds were primarily used to provide additional classroom space at Indian Wells Elementary School, and to renovate older classroom buildings at Hulet Elementary School and Holbrook High School.
Last year the district expended $81,710 on soft capital items, down nearly 33 percent from the previous year, with the funds used primarily to purchase classroom textbooks and other classroom learning materials. Those revenues were cut by the legislature to offset state budget concerns.
This year the district will use Federal Impact Aid to continue to purchase essential textbooks and learning materials, with supplemental learning materials to be purchased with Title I federal funding.
In special education, more than $1.9 million was spent on special needs student services, with $15,829 spent on gifted students and $341,450 on vocational services.
The district expended $907,583 on utilities such as trash disposal, natural gas, electricity, telephone, sewer and water.
Renovations to Hulet Elementary School cost $126,586 and $326,094 went for the bonds issued to con-struct the Gardner Performing Arts Center. In addition, $109,424 provided through Indian Gaming Revenues was utilized for teacher salaries and drop out prevention.
In fiscal year 2011 the district spent $4.3 million in federal funding on Title I and Impact Aid costs. The district used $90,851, a reduction of $73,647 from last year, for state projects such as school resource officers and early childhood programs. That funding was also reduced due to legislative cuts.
When it came to providing meals for students last year, the district served 208,176 lunches for total reve-nue of $918,168, with expenditures totaling $837,538.
