Yorktown School District Saves on Athletics Program Budget

There are no big changes in the athletics and co-curricular activities budgets at the Yorktown Central School District for the 2013-2014 school year.

School district officials, who held their latest presentation of the preliminary budget for the next school year, said there will be a small savings in the athletics budget and a 1.60 percent increase in the co-curricular activities budget. 

(The athletics, co-curricular, operations and maintenance budgets and tax cap calculation presentation is attached to this article as a pdf file.)

The $1.185 million athletics budget is expected to decrease .14 percent for the 2013-2014 school year. The spending decrease for the following school year compared to this school year include supervision salaries, custodial overtime salaries, athletic trips, student accident insurance, equipment repairs, as well as material and supply costs, according to a budget presentation. 

Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Tom Cole said based on a renegotiated agreement with Bauman Bus Company, the district's transportation provider, costs will be reduced by $25,000. 

Cost per season: 2012-2013

• Fall sports – $271,300
• Winter sports – $251,300
• Spring sports – $259,800
• Total cost – $782,400

District officials also expect gate receipts and tournament fees – for wrestling, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading – to offset $17,000 of athletics costs.

Administrators also discussed co-curricular activities – a total of 45 – at the middle and high schools, which include clubs that range from musical productions to student leadership and service organizations.

The co-curricular budget is expected to increase 1.60 percent for the next school year, Cole said. Some of the increases in the budget include high school salaries (from $78,345 to $80,000), middle school salaries (from $39,200 to $40,000) and Science Research (from $6,000 to $7,000), according to a budget presentation.

The next budget work session will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 4 at the Mildred E. Strange Middle School cafeteria. Topics will include revenue and general support.

Videos of Board of Education meetings are archived and can be viewed on the district website. Meetings are available at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on FIOS Channel 27 and at the same times on Cablevision Channel 18 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

For more information on the school district's budget click here.

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