Also included in this category are the Putnam Valley students in the Lakeland special education programs. Materials and supplies are used in instruction and include textbooks, workbooks and other items that are used up and must be replaced. This includes shared teachers for the visually impaired or hearing impaired, occupational and physical therapists, and counselors. The contractual expenses is for an Author's Program in the Elementary School. Salaries are for the school health office assistants as well as for psychologists, guidance counselors, part of an administrator, and part of a secretary for their services to students who are not disabled.
Equipment includes items such as filing cabinets for offices.
The largest portion of the contractual expenses is for payments made to other school districts for health services provided to Putnam Valley students attending school there. A smaller portion pays for instruction for hospitalized students or for tutoring students who are confined to bed. Materials and supplies includes general office supplies, booklets and handbooks used in counseling services, test materials for evaluation of students, and various medical supplies. This part of the proposed budget supports interscholastic and intramural sports programs and various clubs and other afterschool activities at the Middle School, the gymnastics and musical shows at the Elementary School, and various class trips.