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BLOCKS is another child care facility run by our school system on a tuition basis since it is not mandated by state law. A child must be at least three years old to enroll. Last known enrollment number is 229 students but the table below shows 214. Enrollment is growing quickly because it's cheap daycare.

BLOCKS, like kindergarten is a financial gray area. Here, the school committee is mixing private funds and public funds and not doing a good accounting job of delineating the two. 

David Proule provided me with financial information but it does seem to cover those expenses that are found on the town side numbers, like health insurance, retirement, medicare, etc.

Blocks financials should be in a totally separate fund that specifies starting/ending balances, income, expenses (clearly and completely itemized, liabilities, etc.... and reported in a separate audit report.

Total Enrollment
Standard (incl SPED) 167
Bilingual/Spanish (incl SPED) 13
Bilingual/Portuguese (incl SPED) 14
ESL (incl SPED) 12
Head Start ext. SPED .8 6
Tuitioned out 2
Total 214

Blocks Tuition Revolving Fund (09/22/2005)
Beginning Fund balance 164,170
Transfers/Adjustment 699,481
Total 863,651
Stipend 53,586
Teacher 120,160
Secretary 65,382
Aide 105,722
Contracted Personnel 42,074
Contracted Services/Refunds 5,321
Equipment Lease/Purch Copier 987
Equipment Lease/Purch/Maint 502
Rental 75
Supplies, Office 13,247
Textbooks 619
Tech Hardware 1,857
Travel, Prof Development 119
Encumbrances 7,990
Total 417,645
Ending Fund Balance 446,007

BLOCKS Pre-kindergarden
(Per school web page)
Director 2  
Teachers 23  
Technology assistant 1  
Nurse 1  
Physical therapists 2  
Occupational therapist 1  
Occupational therapist assistant 1  
Psychologist 1  
Social worker 1  
Speech language pathologists 3  
Teaching assistants 20  
Secretary 1  
Total 57  
Employment according to Martes
Fulltime
Director 1  
Secretary 1  
Psychologist 1  
Teachers 12  
Speech therapists 4  
Physical therapist assistant 1  
Occupational therapist assstant 1  
Aides 19  
Total   40
Part time
Social worker 1  
Occupational therapist 1  
Teachers 5  
Aide 1  
Total    

Tuition Rates
Half day program (2 days) Full tuition $ 115/month 10 * 115

Half day program (2 days)
Full tuition $ 115/month 10 * 115
Reduced $ 58/month 10 * 58
Free $ 42/month 3 * 42

Half day program (4 days)
Full tuition $ 210/month 10 * 210
Reduced $ 105/month 10 * 105
Free $ 63/month 3 * 63

Full day program
Full tuition $ 250/month 10 * 250 2 days/week
Full tuition $ 445/month 10 * 445 4 days a week
Full tuition $ 520/month 10 * 520 5 days/week

Extended Day Programs
4 full days until 4:00 PM $ 598/month 10 * 598
4 full days until 4:30 PM $ 638/month 10 * 638
5 full days until 4:00 PM $ 712.50/month 10 * 712.50
5 full days until 4:30 PM $ 760.50/month 10 * 760.50

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