by Andrew Martin

     Along with the proposed town budget, voters in Wolcott will also asked to vote on the proposed school budget when they gather for Town Meeting on March 6. The Wolcott School Board is presenting the town voters with a proposed total budget for FY 2013 of $4,352,595, a sum that is up $289,882, or 7.14 percent, from the FY 2012 budget of $4,062,713. While the school board is proposing a budget for FY 2013 of $4,352,595, a sum of $827,207 of that total will be provided by local revenues. This means that it will be necessary for taxpayers to fund a total of $3,525,388 out of the overall proposed budget. 
     Of the proposed school budget of $4,352,595 for FY 2013, $2,080,301 of that total will be used to fund elementary education, while $2,272,294 is earmarked to fund secondary education. The $2,080,301 proposed for elementary education is a $66,167 increase from the FY 2012 budget, while the $2,272,294 proposed for secondary education is $223,715 more than the amount budgeted in FY 2012 for the education of that age group.
     The budget being proposed by the Wolcott School Board for FY 2013 translates to an overall per-pupil cost of $12,463.37. This figure is up slightly from the overall per-pupil cost from FY 2012, which is $12,246.16.