lunenburgbudgetproject.org — written by the Lunenburg Budget Project, an independent tool for residents. Not affiliated with the Town of Lunenburg, the School Committee or the school district. The data this page is computed from: /data/topics/hiring-versus-placing.json
Placements fell while in-district budgets rose; nothing published shows one caused the other.
Placements and the paraprofessional lineour estimate
Children placed, the town’s countParaprofessional budget line
Children placed, the town’s count
Paraprofessional budget line
FY2011
107.1%
not published
FY2012
171.4%
not published
FY2013
157.1%
not published
FY2014
185.7%
not published
FY2015
214.3%
not published
FY2016
135.7%
not published
FY2017
100%
not published
FY2018
100%
100%
FY2019
85.7%
103.6%
FY2020
78.6%
137.4%
FY2021
85.7%
145.0%
FY2022
57.1%
149.1%
FY2023
50%
159.9%
FY2024
57.1%
184.5%
FY2025
71.4%
215.4%
FY2026
not published
211.6%
FY2027
not published
295.1%
Each as a percent of its own FY2018 value (ours). Nothing here links the two, and a child is not a dollar.
1 · The facts
30
placed out of district, FY2015
10
placed out of district, FY2025
$4,865,038
in district, FY2025 budget (our lines)
our estimate
$5,466,201
in district, FY2027 balanced budget (our lines)
our estimate
$1,291,293
tuition budgeted, FY2026
$700,142
tuition budgeted, FY2027
—
staff cost to keep one child in district
not published
2 · What it shows
1
Placements fell from 30 in FY2015 to 10 in FY2025, on the town’s own count.
2
Our in-district lines rose from $4,865,038 in FY2025 to $5,466,201 in FY2027, as tuition was budgeted down.
3
The two series barely overlap in time, and neither shows that hiring kept a child here.