Welcome to the MERSD Budget Page

FY23 Budget Book (click to download )

January Budget Work

• FY23 Adopted Operating Budget 3.1.22
• FY23 Capital Budget 3.1.22
• FY23 Budget Workshop 3.1.22
• FY23 Budget Workshop 2.15.22
• FY23 February Budget Workshop 2.1.22
• FY23 January Budget Hearing Presentation
• FY23 Budget Update w/ Special Education Financials 1.11.22
• FY23 Full Budget - Draft

Tentative Budget - December 2021

• FY23 Tentative Budget Presentation 12.15.21
• FY23 Tentative Budget 
• FY23 Tentative Budget SC Discussion 12.7.21
• November Meeting with Essex Board of Selectman & Finance Committee - Budget Process Overview 11.3.21

Helpful Documents

• MERSD FY23 Budget Calendar
• FY22 Budget Documents
• MERSD Annual Unfunded Liabilities Letter to Towns
• OPEB - Retiree Health Archive

Budget Goals

• Provide for the health and safety of students and faculty while maintaining the robust educational program MERSD and our member towns value, specifically during the COVID crisis.
• Target resources to support the unique educational, logistical, and social/emotional needs of students across the District during the COVID Crisis.
• Develop and deliver a fiscally responsible budget that strives to balance maintaining educational quality and district goals, and recognizes the confines of Proposition 2½. Manage Enrollment & Staffing
  • Strive to meet School Committee class size guidelines
  • Serve increasingly diverse student needs
• Exercise fiscal responsibility
  
  • Seek internal efficiencies to offset growth needs when possible
• Meet local, state, and federal responsibilities