School budget, all funds

Carried-over orders

The general fund carried at most $190,128 of open orders into a new year, and the budget went with them.

Orders carried out and carried in
Carried in, general fundCarried out, general fundCarried in, other fundsCarried out, other funds
Carried in, general fundCarried out, general fundCarried in, other fundsCarried out, other funds
FY2023$203,067$75,037$208,917$229,565
FY2024$75,037$190,128$229,565$96,850
FY2025$190,128$72,172$96,850$152,378
FY2026$72,172not published$152,378not published

Carried in opens a year on 1 July; carried out is what its close left open. FY2026 is not closed in this run.

Spending against the vote, two ways
As bookedCarry-overs moved back, our arithmeticour estimate
As bookedCarry-overs moved back, our arithmetic
FY2023$93,815-$36,368
FY2024-$146,039-$39,941
FY2025-$761,249-$882,228
FY2026-$383,389-$414,183

General fund spent less its original vote. Below zero is under the vote.

1 · The facts

  • $190,128

    general fund orders carried out of FY2024, the most

  • 0.83%

    of the FY2024 general fund vote

  • $190,128

    added to the FY2025 budget for them

  • 68%

    of orders carried out of FY2023 to FY2025 paid the next year

  • $109,093

    of them closed the next year with nothing paid

  • $130,183

    largest move in a year’s spending, FY2023, moved back

    our estimate

  • $761,249

    FY2025 general fund under its vote, as booked

  • $882,228

    FY2025 under its vote, carry-overs moved back

    our estimate

  • $0

    special education orders carried and paid next year

  • $267,247

    owed at the end of the run, FY2026, every fund, not closed

  • —

    why an order was still open on 30 June

    not published

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    The general fund carried $75,037, $190,128 and $72,172 of open orders out of FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025.

  2. 2

    Each order’s budget went with it: the next year’s budget rose by exactly the amount carried, outside the vote.

  3. 3

    Moving carried orders back to the year that ordered them shifts general fund spending by $130,183 at most.

  4. 4

    Special education’s gap to its vote does not move: none of its carried orders was paid the next year.

Spent against the original vote, as booked and with carry-overs moved back
YearOriginal voteSpent, as bookedLess paid on orders carried inPlus paid next year on orders carried outSpent, moved backBooked less voteMoved back less vote
FY2023$22,342,995$22,436,810-$175,858$45,675$22,306,627$93,815-$36,368
FY2024$22,901,128$22,755,089-$45,675$151,774$22,861,187-$146,039-$39,941
FY2025$25,321,760$24,560,511-$151,774$30,794$24,439,532-$761,249-$882,228
FY2026$26,287,474$25,904,085-$30,794—$25,873,291-$383,389-$414,183

Spent is payments plus what is still owed. FY2026 is not closed, and what it still owes is already in its spent.

Carried orders by budget line and fund
CarriedPaid next yearClosed unpaidCarried again
0000 No function code · Grants$121,448$14,698$106,750$0
7400 Equipment (7300, 7400) · General fund$115,183$103,526$11,657$0
2000 Instruction (heading only) · Revolving funds and lunch$54,488$54,488$0$0
4220 Maintenance of Buildings · General fund$24,358$18,576$5,783$0
2110 Curriculum Directors and Dept. Heads (Supervisory) · General fund$23,543$23,288$255$0
4130 Utility Services · General fund$18,958$18,958$0$0
3510 Athletics · Revolving funds and lunch$13,846$13,652$0$194
1430 Legal Service For School Committee · General fund$10,006$3,938$6,069$0
3200 Medical/Health Services · Grants$8,991$7,336$0$1,655
4230 Maintenance of Equipment · General fund$5,165$4,073$1,092$0
4000 Operations (heading only) · Revolving funds and lunch$5,145$5,145$0$0
3400 Food Services · Revolving funds and lunch$3,647$3,647$0$0
2451 Instructional Hardware –Student and Staff Devices (computers) · General fund$3,500$3,500$0$0
2430 General Supplies · General fund$1,895$0$1,895$0
2400 Instructional materials (heading only) · Grants$1,353$897$306$150
3200 Medical/Health Services · General fund$459$0$459$0
Every line$411,984$275,720$134,265$1,998

Reopened on 1 July 2022, and what FY2023 did with them.

The largest carried orders
Ordered forBudget lineFundCarriedPaid next yearClosed unpaidCarried again
SHI INTERNATIONAL · PO 22001896not in this run (ordered before FY2023)7400 Equipment (7300, 7400)General fund$108,477$103,526$4,951$0
CDW GOVERNMENT · PO 22001181not in this run (ordered before FY2023)0000 No function codeGrants$106,750$0$106,750$0
NATURES CLASSROOM · PO 22001992not in this run (ordered before FY2023)2000 Instruction (heading only)Revolving funds and lunch$50,150$50,150$0$0
VALLEY COMMUNICATION · PO 22002024not in this run (ordered before FY2023)4220 Maintenance of BuildingsGeneral fund$18,576$18,576$0$0
DAVE AYOTTE ASSOC · PO 22001920not in this run (ordered before FY2023)0000 No function codeGrants$14,567$14,567$0$0
NORRIS, MURRAY & PEL · PO 22000692not in this run (ordered before FY2023)1430 Legal Service For School CommitteeGeneral fund$10,006$3,938$6,069$0
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COM · PO 22001944not in this run (ordered before FY2023)2110 Curriculum Directors and Dept. Heads (Supervisory)General fund$7,329$7,329$0$0
NEXAMP INC · PO 22000303not in this run (ordered before FY2023)4130 Utility ServicesGeneral fund$6,708$6,708$0$0
225 INDUSTRIAL FITCH · PO 22000329not in this run (ordered before FY2023)4130 Utility ServicesGeneral fund$6,589$6,589$0$0
GILLETTE RESTAURANT · PO 22001919not in this run (ordered before FY2023)3510 AthleticsRevolving funds and lunch$6,417$6,417$0$0
GILLETTE RESTAURANT · PO 22001998not in this run (ordered before FY2023)3510 AthleticsRevolving funds and lunch$6,223$6,223$0$0
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COM · PO 22001855not in this run (ordered before FY2023)2110 Curriculum Directors and Dept. Heads (Supervisory)General fund$6,158$6,158$0$0
Every other order (32)———$64,033$45,540$16,495$1,998
All 44 carried orders———$411,984$275,720$134,265$1,998

One row per order and account. Vendor and description as the journal prints them, cut at twenty and thirty characters.

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Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026