Budget Committee News

The PTA Council budget committee is comprised of PTA members who meet to discuss district wide budget issues. We aim to be the voice of the community. Budget concerns should be directed to each unit’s budget representative who will bring these concerns to the council budget meetings for discussion. The budget committee will try to educate the community at monthly PTA meetings by discussing various factors that decide school budget spending. After soliciting community input we make a presentation detailing the recommendations to the school board before they begin the budget workshops. Budget questions can also be emailed commackPTAcouncil@yahoo.com. Please put “budget” in the subject line.

Committee Reports

The presentations of the budget up to this date have shown that NO cuts are being made to programs and possibly some programs that had been previously cut will be reinstated at least for 1 year.

• Administration -  reduction of 2 administrators
• Elementary Education - No teacher or administration reduction was recommended
• Secondary Education - No teacher or administrative reduction was recommended
• Athletics/Co-Curricular - There are proposed restorations for next year (coaches, Physical Education intramural hours)
• Special Education - Commack School district is in the process of obtaining extra revenue by bringing in students from other school districts that will pay tuition.  There will also be a combined savings and revenue of $293,000 projected next year.

If you are unable to attend any of these meetings they are scheduled for both the day and evening you can go to the school web site to the budget page and write an I note or you can e-mail the PTA Council Reps Katie Kunz samitimmy@yahoo.com or Jackie Kowalsky brujack@optonline.net.  To see all of the information that was presented at these meeting go to the budget link on the Commack website.