Mechanicville
City School District
25 Kniskern Avenue
Mechanicville NY 12118
Phone: (518) 664-5727

Budget Information 2009-10  

Despite these challenging economic times, we are making every effort to not only maintain our current staff and program, but to offer additional academic and extracurricular opportunities to our students through carefully and diligently reviewing our options with regard to additional funding and financing.  

Initially, instead of focusing on projected or assumed numbers, the Finance Committee developed a budget-to-budget worst case scenario.  Certainly, we would be remiss in our duties as a Finance Committee if we did not explore ways to diminish or avoid a negative impact on our instructional programs.  In addition, the Finance Committee is making every effort to develop a tax levy acceptable to our constituents during these difficult economic times. 

Many pro-active steps have been taken by the District thus far; these cost-saving measures include:

Acceptance of an equipment donation by the Board of Education of:    

  • 135  Computer Desks
  • 150  Chairs
  •  60   Filing Cabinets                
Additionally, the Board of Education and  Superintendent have been in contact with volunteers to procure and deploy these donations, thereby obtaining approximately $60,000 worth of furniture at no cost to the District.

Other cost saving measures include:

  • Our completed Energy Performance Project has resulted in significant cost savings for the District.
  • Our Transportation Coordinator continues to review bus route efficiency in order to save district dollars directed to daily travel.
  • The Board of Education continues to participate in the Cooperative Purchasing Program coordinated by Washington, Saratoga, Warren, Hamilton Essex BOCES.  This commodity purchasing program generates savings when purchasing paper products and goods for our cafeterias. 
  • Conference approvals for the remainder of this school year will not be approved unless there is no cost to the district.
  • Building thermostats have been lowered during the school day and lowered further in the evenings and on the weekends. 
  • All new vacancies are thoroughly reviewed to determine if the possibility exists to leave the position unfilled or to reduce the position to part-time instead of full-time. 
  • All student field trips that are not directly related to and essential to educational curriculum have been eliminated for the remainder of the school year.
  • The High School building complex has turned off every other hallway light, reduced the number of classroom lights utilized and all district computer monitors are turned off when they are not in use.

In keeping the aforementioned information in mind, please provide your input to the Board of Education and Superintendent as they continue to work through the budget process.  We value your opinion and thank you for taking the time to complete our brief survey. Please click on the survey link below.   


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