Revised 08/05
Building Budget Allocations
Monthly building budget reports are placed in a notebook in the staff room. Detailed
reports of current expenditures are av ailable from the secretary and are available upon
request. W oodside receives money to use for basic building expenditures depending
upon the FTE for the school year. The building budget is finalized in Oct ober and the
November b udget details Woodside�s exact monies for the school year.
Grade Level Allocations
Depending upon the he alth of the current year�s budget, on Nov. 1 of each school year,
each grade level may be allocated a certain dollar amount per student. This may be
used for field trips, cons umable classroom ma terials, teaching resources, professional
growth materials, special art supplie s, etc. Members of each grade level will need to
come to consensus on ho w these funds will be spent although each staff member
doesn�t have to purchase the same item for the classroom. Grade-level money needs to
be spent by May 1 of each schoo l year but staff members are encouraged not to spend
�just to spend it.� A printout of the st atus of the grade level budget is available from the
secretary. A request for expenditures must be submitted to the principa l for approval
prior to purchasing. The re will be no reimbursement of expenditures without prior
approval.
For small cost purchases, receipts must be signed and turned in to the secretary in order
for reimbursement to take place. Ke ep school purchases separate from personal
purchases.
Field Trips
Each year the PTA gives Woodside money to pay for the bus cost of one field trip per
grade level. Students must �donate� money to pay for all admission costs for field trips
and the sch ool must pay the admission for any student who does not donate. Teachers
collect these funds and tu rn them into the secretary each day with the attendance.
Mo ney may not be kept in the classroom.
Field Trip cost is $27.50/hour/bus (9: 15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.) $40/hour/bus (before 9:15
a.m. and after 1:45 p.m.) One bus will carry 65-75 students/adults.
P.T.A. Reimbursement
Woodside�s PTA provides each certif ied staff member with $50.00 per school year for
reimbursement of monies spent on consum able items. PTA considers b ooks to be
consumable items. All materials must remain at Woodside should the staff member
leave the school. Please see the school secretary for the reimbursement form. You
must provid e receipts.
Revised 08/05