Friday, September 18, 2009

Launching the 2010 Budget: Elementary Review

Mindful of the need to contain costs and respond to the economic downturn, the Bronxville Board of Education launched the 2010 budget cycle with a comprehensive review of Elementary School programs and services. Superintendent David Quattrone introduced the presentation as follows:

"Tonight we resume a budget development process that began last year and is sure to continue over the next few years. Our goal is to establish a sustainable model of educational excellence that adapts our programs and services to economic realities. . . As we move from the technical fixes and trimming reflected in this year’s budget to more substantive changes, the decisions will be more difficult. We will need to determine if we are offering the right programs at the right scale, and whether or not some programs and services should be reduced or eliminated. As we go through this multi-year process we need to focus on two competing priorities – what we can afford and what adds the most value to student learning..."

The Elementary School presentation, delivered by Principal Tom Wilson and Assistant Principal Heidi Menzel, can be found here.