Town of Brewster, Massachusetts
Brewster Elementary Schools
Section III - Education: 3171 & 3001 Elementary Schools
Description
There are two elementary schools located in Brewster - Stony Brook Elementary School and Eddy Elementary School. Stony Brook services Brewster students from kindergarten through grade 2 and there is a regional pre-school program. Eddy Elementary School services students for grades 3-5.
Budget Highlights
- The budget represents a $198,787 (2.49%) increase over the FY22 budget.
- An increase of $104,325 to fund teachers' contract salaries including step increases and longevity at the Stony Brook Elementary School.
- An increase of $9,653 to offset the defecit in the cafeteria breakfast/lunch program at the Stony Brook Elementary School.
- An increase of $142,940 to fund teachers' contract salaries including step increases and longevity at the Eddy Elementary School.
- An increase of $12,214 to fund SE preschool tuition for Brewster students attending the Nauset Integrated Preschool program.
- An increase of $634 for principal and assistant principal positions per current contracts, costs shared between the two schools.
- An increase of $14,000 for instructional hardware at the Eddy Elementary School to replace outdated or broken parts.
- An increase of $12,069 for Central Office Administration costs at the Eddy Elementary School.
- An increase of $6,345 to fund transportation for Brewster students with significant special needs who are unable to ride regular school buses.
- A decrease of $47,816 in salary costs for the School Psychologist position at the Eddy Elementary School.
- A decrease of $26,667 in Special Needs teacher salaries.
- A decrease of $41,287 for custodial salaries at the Eddy Elementary School.
- A decrease of $20,910 for the salary for the School Nurse position at the Stony Brook Elementary School.
- The budget numbers below do not include the School Health Insurance or Pension numbers. Those can be found in the Town's Employee Benefit pages. When Benefits are applied, the Elementary School increase is 4.05%.