Mission Statement of the Hull Public Schools Strategy Committee
The Hull Public Schools Budget Strategy Committee is charged with the following:
- To carefully and thoughtfully examine the HPS budget process and budget.
- To develop an understanding of the intricacies of the school budget including:
- state and federally mandated programs
- yearly grants acquired by the school department
- percentage of school budget funded by grants
- percentage of school budget funded/supplemented by support groups
- To engage in respectful and thoughtful discussion about community priorities for educating all HPS students and to what extend the budget reflects the values and priorities of the model school system.
- To build trust and confidence across the committee so that members can speak honestly and knowledgeably with the greater community about the needs of the HPS to successfully educate all of its students.
- To recommend to the Hull School Committee and the Hull Board of Selectmen appropriate funding levels that we believe meets the needs of our students based upon our findings.
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