You can find the latest budget file from the Finance Committee, the spreadsheet is called the MOB file, at this link.
The Budget and Finance Director gave updated information to the Finance Committee at their meeting on Thursday. The current file does not reflect those projections. The major changes were to school funding with the local district's required net spending going down due to declining enrollment and our Voke assessment going up as more Dartmouth students chose Voke.
Once again, I want to thank Mr. Lynam for generating the spreadsheet and analysis. It is an invaluable service to the town.
As part of the normal budget process, the Finance Committee will begin hearing from department heads next Thursday with the Police Chief and DPW Director presenting their FY2010 budgets.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Latest iteration of the MOB file
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More Dartmouth students going to Voke because the school has more to offer and the students are there to learn or get out. It's still a public school, but run under strick rules that apply to education, an vocation. Play by the rules or go back to Dartmouth schools.
Bill, MOB file readers, and fellow bloggers: "VOKE" has been closed for more than 30 years. It was a school for city residents only. It was located on Hillman Street. It is long gone. If you want to be accurate (and I'm sure you do), please refer to the new regional school on Ashley Boulevard as "Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School" or just simply "Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech". Like the previous poster suggested, Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech is a quality school. It deserves a measure of respect. Calling it by its proper name would be a good start.
Hey anyone wanna guess how many kids graduate from VOKE and go into their fields?? In my class only 4 out of 20 went into their trade. Stop trying to fluff up VOKE to prop up your argument for REGIONILIZATION. Education is Education whether it's in Dartmouth or Voke. Give it a rest.
Funny how the regionalized school has more students enrolling while the non-regionalized schools have a decreasing enrollment.
Yes because less and less students can afford college so they will learn a trade instead. Unfortunately for them there will be no jobs. Absolutley no groundbreaking on new jobsites anywhere to be found. Wait until you see the jobless claim numbers for Feb.,March and April. Fun times ahead.
anon 8:30 - you cant say regionalized schools are getting more students while non-regionalized are not. There is one regional HS that has seen an uptick in enrollment while the entire K-8th has seen a decrease. Those students are not going to regional schools because they do not exist. They are either moving, or going to private schools. I think its great more kids are going to the vocational high school, they have good programs and given the new way the cost is doled out to the participating towns, we get to pay more for every student from Dartmouth that goes.
to anon 7:34, No, we don't get to pay more for students in Dartmouth. GNBRVT High School and Dartmouth get the SAME money per student . The difference is that New Bedford Vocational High School can pick and choose their students. If they have behavior problems they can kick them out. Also, (and this is a big one) no special needs like the public schools in Dartmouth. That is where he difference is.
To 8:16 AM, Sorry but you're mistaken. Voc-Tech does have students in Special Education, plenty of them.
In fact it does cost more for a student to go to the Voc then it does to send them to the local HS. All public schools have special ed, not just Dartmouth. Yes it would be nice if thepublics could kick out the trouble makers.
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