Budget

**2009-10 Budget Information - Please read the following carefully!** toc

DEADLINE FOR REQUESTS:
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, AT THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL

Overview:
It is that time of year once again: time to put in your budget requests for next school year. The bad news is this: we've been told there will be no increases in our budget next year. In other words, if it hasn't been budgeted for before (field trips, professional leave, etc.), it probably won't make the budget for 2009-10. (Of course, that doesn't mean we can't try!) The good news, a number of supplementary items were budgeted for last year, and those items have come in and been distributed. Because some of the orders came in under projections, I have also been able to recently order some additional texts that Bob requested (Caesar parallel texts).

My goal for next year is to put in requests totaling the same amount. I want us to use what we have coming to us, and I want to establish a record that we need to update some of our materials. Anyhow...Let me know if you have any questions or I can be of any assistance!

Building Inspections:
This is the category of items that includes anything you want added to your classrooms: bulletin boards, electrical outlets, tack strips, etc. Please provide me with a list of things you would like done in your room (be specific) as well as rationale for wanting it done. (For example, New bulletin board, 5 feet * 8 feet, for the display of LFS related materials.) If you are a traveling teacher, please consult with the room owner before you put in any requests.

Budget items:
Make your requests for supplies you would like to see purchased. This includes things like new or replacement supplemental texts, new or replacement desktop computers for your classrooms, new or replacement AV equipment, professional leave requests, new or replacement classroom furniture, etc.

After the last department meeting, several of you provided requests for supplemental texts to help spend some of the leftover money I had then. I was only able to partially fulfill Bob's request for Caesar parallel texts. Now is the time to make your official request for next year. For supplemental text orders, I will need the title of the text, an ISBN #, a catalog page/printout for the item, and a rationale for why we need it (i.e. old texts are 20 years old and are falling apart; items in a class set have been lost, so replacement items needed).

Links:
[|Perfection Learning] - One source of hard bound supplementals [|Perma-Bound Books] - Another source of hard bound supplementals [|Mackin Library Media] - Another source of hard bound supplementals - need a user name and password for this site. Email me if you want them!

DEADLINE FOR REQUESTS:
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, AT THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL