School district Dryden
Dryden Central School District: budget and spending
- $52.1Mtotal spending, 2025 ▼ 3%
- $1.4Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $309KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $20KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $25.3M | $26.5M | ▼ 4% |
| Insurance and benefits | $6.1M | $6M | ▲ 2% |
| Buildings and construction | $5.2M | $8.1M | ▼ 35% |
| Debt payments | $4.1M | $3.4M | ▲ 20% |
| Staff and payroll | $3.5M | $3.5M | ±0% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $2.8M | $1.7M | ▲ 63% |
| Other operations | $2.1M | $2M | ▲ 6% |
| Technology and telecom | $1.4M | $1.4M | ▼ 1% |
| Food | $958K | $836K | ▲ 15% |
| Professional services | $603K | $265K | ▲ 128% |
Line by line
Instruction $25.3M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $4.7M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $3.7M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $2.9M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $2.7M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: noninstructional salaries: $1.5M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $1.1M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $980K
- Teaching - Regular School: boces: $658K
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $645K
- Teaching - Regular School: instructional salaries: $537K
Insurance and benefits $6.1M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $5.8M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $204K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $94K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $11K
Buildings and construction $5.2M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $2.8M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $954K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $662K
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $348K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $240K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $57K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $56K
- Security of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $53K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $37K
- Security of Plant: materials and supplies: $3,709
Debt payments $4.1M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $1.8M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $1.2M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt principal: $785K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $342K
Staff and payroll $3.5M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $1.5M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $1.5M
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $618K
Vehicles and transportation $2.8M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $1.2M
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $1.1M
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $309K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $87K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $69K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $31K
- Garage Building: contractual: $29K
- Garage Building: noninstructional salaries: $16K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: materials and supplies: $11K
- District Transportation Services: boces: $9,000
Other operations $2.1M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $745K
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $184K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $172K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $172K
- Central Printing and Mailing: boces: $140K
- Director of Finance: boces: $140K
- Public Information and Services: boces: $110K
- Civic Activities: noninstructional salaries: $104K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $72K
- Treasurer: noninstructional salaries: $55K
Technology and telecom $1.4M
- Central Data Processing: boces: $497K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $442K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: noninstructional salaries: $356K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $44K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: equipment and capital outlay: $24K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: contractual: $17K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $6,969
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $4,677
Food $958K
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $400K
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $353K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $50K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $48K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $31K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $30K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $19K
- School Food Services: boces: $15K
- School Food Services: contractual: $12K
Professional services $603K
- Personnel: contractual: $189K
- Law: contractual: $187K
- Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $100K
- Personnel: boces: $95K
- Auditor: contractual: $31K
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $16
From Dryden Central School District’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30), all funds. Categories group the state’s account codes: technology is data processing, phones, 911 and radio and computer instruction; transfers between the body’s own funds are left out. The Comptroller’s data ↗
Technology purchases (E-Rate)
| Year | What | Bought from | Price | Bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fy2026_dryd_comsource_cisco (internal connections) 25 Cisco Systems C9200L-48P-4X-EDU switch; 15 Cisco Systems C9200L-48PXG4X-EDU switch; 40 Cisco Systems C9200L-STACK-KIT= module; 15 Cisco Systems PWR-C5-1KWAC= module |
ComSource, Inc. | $290K | 1 contract to Nov 29, 2030 |
| 2026 | Fy2026_dryden_if_spectrum (data transmission and/or internet access) 3 ethernet |
Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $0 | 1 contract to Jun 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | Ft2025_dryden_cisco_c2 (internal connections) 114 Cisco Systems CW9166i-MR access point; 2 Cisco Systems C9300X-12Y-EDU switch; 2 Cisco Systems C9300-48T-EDU switch; 40 Other PS-SNY-NE installation, activation, & initial configuration |
ComSource, Inc. | $148K | 4 contract to Nov 29, 2025 |
| 2025 | Fy2025_dryden_if_spectrum (data transmission and/or internet access) 3 ethernet |
Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $28K | 1 contract to Jun 30, 2026 |
Networking, Wi-Fi and internet bought with the federal E-Rate program’s discounts; price before the discount. From the Universal Service Administrative Company ↗.
Figures are public records: the body’s own reports (marked by year) and other agencies’ records of what it bought or received. They aren’t added together. Something wrong? Tell us.