This includes shared teachers for the visually impaired or hearing impaired, occupational and physical therapists, and counselors. The salaries cover two library positions for our two schools and a full-time aide in the Elementary School. The contractual expenses is for an Author's Program in the Elementary School. The Library Club has sponsored two contests this year which have yielded prizes of books and a Blockbuster gift certificate for PVMS students. Two eighth-grade students were selected to receive a Character, Courage and Commitment award from the New York State Attorney General.
Equipment is for a health office recovery couch.
The largest portion of the contractual expenses is for mandated 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. While their expenses are shown in this line, these are offset by equal revenues appearing elsewhere in the proposed budget.