Budget

Budget
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Concerning batteries for laptops -the cost to replace batteries should be in the budget every year. You have $20-30 thousand dollars of equipment that becomes virtually useless if they are not capable of being used the entire day. The upkeep of the carts is vital in maintaining consistency of instruction. Teachers can easily become fustrated with equipment that does not meet the needs of their students and instruction and thus because of dependability of equiment not include in lesson plans.


 * When determining where to cut technology costs, please do not cut IT personnel. Charity, who comes to the southern campus schools to fix the problems we cannot fix on our own, is absolutely invaluable! Reducing the IT staff would greatly increase the amount of time it takes for something to get fixed and that would be a major frustration for teachers and administrators. I have some ideas on how to save money in other areas - see Cost Savings page... Thanks! Jen Martin***

(Zaben) This is not really an information post, but more of a question: how is the topic of this page different from the cost savings page? What kind of information posts are we looking for on this page? (Zaben)


 * As I mentioned during our last meeting, the difference between the Budget page and the Cost Savings is this page deals with this year's current budget. The Cost Savings page is for ideas to save money in the future. We know the financial situation is not going to be any better next year. To give an update on this year, we have been told that we will receive our normal allocation for technology equipment. So, this was good news. We still are not going to believe it until the budget is finalized from the state. **