The tentative budget approved by the Collinsville School Board on Monday would have the district spending about $4.5 million more than it receives during the current fiscal year.

The budget was prepared using the same budget estimates as the previous year because the contract with the teacher’s union has not yet been approved by the School Board, Director of Business Affairs Uta Robison said. The Collinsville teacher’s union ratified the School Board’s proposed contract Wednesday, now the Board must vote on it.

Graphic by Roger Starkey

Based on actual revenues and expenses from last year, the district operated at a $4,605.28 deficit. The districts revenues exceeded projections by about $2.5 million. Even with the projected $4.5 million deficit for the coming year, each fund in the budget is projected to have a positive overall balance at fiscal year-end. The Education Fund, from which teacher salary and benefits are paid, had a balance of $3.6 million on June 30, the end the district’s fiscal year.

Robison has until the next board meeting on Sept. 23, to make changes to the tentative budget.

The Collinsville Area Vocational budget of $1,696,946.00 was also approved by the Board. The CAVC budget, by state law, has to be balanced.

Board President Gary Peccola asked district Superintendent Robert Green to begin investigating ways potential overcrowding in the district can be handled. Unit 10 has about 6,650 students in its 11 schools, all of which are at or near capacity. Enrollment in the district has been growing steadily.

Green said an administrative team comprised of central office administrators and building principals will work to provide a preliminary plan, with options, to the Board by Christmas.

The Board approved the following personnel appointments:

Renfro Elementary

Approved Sonya Whitener as secretary

Approved Deb Campbell as Health Care Attendant

Summit/Twin Echo elementary schools

Approved employment of Marcie Dobbs as educational assistant for Twin Echo and Summit

Webster Elementary

Approved employment of Julie Williams as relief aide

Hollywood Heights Special Needs Center

Approved Karen Schemerhorn as secretary

Maryville Elementary

Approved employment of Debbie Kokotovich as Instructional Interventionist

Approved Lynn Bettorf as Safety Patrol effective the 2013-2014 school year

Dorris Intermediate School

Approved employment of Emily Cook, elementary teacher

Approved the employment of Ukyah Rawls and Schannon Dial as educational assistants

Approved employment of Debbie Morris as relief aide effective August 12, 2013

Collinsville Middle School

Approved employment of Laura Spates as Instructional Interventionist

Approved employment of Anita Swartz and Nancy Sandage as Cafeteria Monitors

Collinsville High School

Approved transfer of employment of Diana Gruber-Huster as PE teacher

Approved employment of Alexandria Foot and Elvire Kinha as educational assistants

Approved Carla Elliff and Karen Olsen as co-chairs of Guidance Department

District

Approved the employment of Stephanie Digirolamo as Literacy Coach/Title 1 Director