MEDT 6461 Budget

Ware County Middle School Proposed Budget

MEDT 6461
Aimee Farmer
University of West Georgia

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WCMS Proposed Budget 2016-2018

Ware County Middle School (WCMS) has a school population of approximately 850
students every year. The state allotted funds for WCMS Media Center for the 2016-2017 school
year is $11,068.13. This budget may fluctuate slightly depending upon the Full-Time Equivalent
(FTE) data based on the schools population. Mrs. Sheri Wendell, Ware County Middle School
Media Specialist, says this budget has been fairly consistent for the last five years. All of the
allotted funds for the Media Center are used for the Media Center and not applied to anything
else within the school. All media center purchases are assigned a budgetary code that help
organize purchases and inventory Mrs. Windell uses money from fines and fundraisers to
support reading celebrations held at the end of the year. Monies from Education- Special
Options Local Sales Tax,(E-SPLOST) cover the cost of computers and other technology related
materials used in the Media Center. Mrs. Windell has very little input on purchasing or planning
of computers, Ipad Carts, and ChromeBook Carts used or stored in the Media Center.
The media committee, which consists of Mrs. Windell, School Principal Dr. Darlene
Tanner, and Instructional Coach, Zena Lloyd, decide how to allocate the Media Centers budget.
Teacher requests and English Language Art Common Core Standard requirements determine
which books and materials are purchased every year. The Accelerated Reader (AR) program and
increasing Lexile levels of all students is mandatory in Ware County, the WCSD pays for the
Accelerated Reading program and provides sets of books based on Lexile levels for the Media
Center that are not part of the WCMS Media Center budget. Title 1 funds pay for Study Island, a
web-based, data driven assessment program that is managed by the Mrs. Wendell. Teachers are

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encouraged to use Study Island in the computer lab located in the Media Center. Wendell also
manages the AR program and encourages students to read within their Lexile Levels.

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

Total

Equipment
Maintenance

$100.00

$100.00

$100.00

$300.00

Travel

$750.00

$750.00

$750.00

$2,250.00

Other Purchased
Services

$400.00

$400.00

$400.00

$1,200.00

Supplies

$1000.00

$1000.00

$1000.00

$3000.00

Computer
Software

Expendable
Equipment

$1000.00

$1000.00

$1000.00

$3000.00

Books &
Periodicals

$7500.00

$7819.13

$8200.00

$23,519.13

Equipment other 0
than Computer
($3000 or more)

Computers/Perip 0
herals Computer
Hardware

Equipment Maintenance: Service warranties, service contracts, RESA repairs and other repairs
Travel: Conference cost (travel, meals, lodging, registration, etc.)
Other Purchased Services: Technical support for software, networked program managed by
Center, retrospective conversions.
Supplies: Library supplies, lamps, media for equipment, blank flash drives, barcodes, etc.

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Computer Software: Programs for computer technology (includes CD-Roms), outdated but
still part of media center budget.
Expendable Equipment: Equipment that does not require bid, such as digital cameras,
recording devices, or microphones.
Books and Periodicals: Books, periodicals, subscriptions to Reference Materials, newspapers,
rebinding of books. Books are purchased from Fallet, Bound to Stay Bound, Prebound, and
Capstone. Occasionally books will be purchased from Chamberlin Books and the Scholastic
Book Fair held twice a year in Jacksonville, FL, at a discount. Teachers may request book sets
for their classroom.
Equipment Other than a Computer: These items require a bid but havent been needed in
three years and are not expected to be needed next year.
Computer/ Peripherals Computer Hardware: These items require a bid and media specialist
needs to check to see if school system has a bid on item before ordering. Most of these items are
no longer part of the Media System budget but still needs to be considered until taken out of
budget.