ALPENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS STEP 4: WHERE THE GENERAL FUND WENT
Lady Budgetdown has followed the revenue, counted the staff, and opened the $100K+ compensation report.
Now it's time to see where the 2024–25 General Fund dollars actually went. 📖💰
Alpena Public Schools reported $53.82 million in total General Fund expenditures.
Here's a look inside the ledger:
👥 Personnel Expenditures
$39.83 million — 74.02%
🍎 Instructional Expenditures
$29.29 million — 54.43%
🏛� General + School Administration
$4.16 million — 7.74%
🔧 Operations & Maintenance
$4.88 million — 9.06%
That personnel number is worth understanding.
For every $1 Alpena Public Schools spent from its General Fund, about 74¢ went toward personnel expenditures.
But that does not mean 74¢ went directly into employee paychecks.
The district's personnel report breaks the $39.83 million down further:
💵 Salaries — $23.23 million
🏥 Employee insurance benefits — $5.02 million
📋 FICA, retirement, unemployment & workers compensation — $11.08 million
📎 Other personnel expenditures — $499,153
Lady Budgetdown isn't here to declare that percentage too high or too low.
The ledger's job is simpler than that:
Show taxpayers where the money went, explain what the numbers actually mean, and let people see the financial picture for themselves.
On to the next page. 📜
Let's follow the numbers.
With receipts and respect.
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