Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:57 -0500
From: Mia Munn
Subject: 2010-11 School budget
The budget situation has improved somewhat since last week. Instead of a $303.58 decrease per student, the state now says the decrease will be $206.53 per student. The district has also reallocated some local funds, with the result that only $1,570,533 will be necessary. The recommended cut is Scenario C.3 below. I left in the lines that were included in last week’s Scenario C.2. An alternative Scenario F this week would have included cutting 4.5 (all) middle school Spanish teachers instead of 7 assistants.
C.3 requires cutting 5 certified positions and 8 classified positions. It is anticipated that there will be more vacancies than that due to retirements and resignations, so though positions will be cut, likely no people will need to be let go.
Scenario C.3
Central Office Administrators – 1 80,445
High School Band Directors – 3 months of employment (1 each school) 0
Curriculum Coaches -9 – 11 to 10 months 47,419
Instructional Services Division Facilitators -11 – 12 to 11 months 66,027
Career Technical Education positions paid from State Regular ADM – 3 154,781
Middle School Spanish – 4.5 positions 0
Academically Intellectually Gifted – 1 position 55,574
Overtime Reduction 25% 50,000
Testing Coordinators – 3 positions 0
Teacher Assistants – 20 0
Media Assistants – 7 0
Teacher or Media Assistants – 7 200,123
Clerical/Custodians reduction – 39 months of employment 0
Central Office Clerical – 1 45,650
Employee Dental 316,577
New Teacher Signing Bonus 25,974
School Instructional Allotments (Supplies & Materials) 259,807
School-based Rewards 14,291
Instructional Field Trips 38,360
Local Staff Development 135,693
Supplies and Materials — Central Office 79,812
Grand Total 1,570,533
With these cuts, there will be no local school-based awards or field trips and no state or local staff development. There will still be some school instructional allotment, which along with PTA funding, could be used for some awards and field trips. Staff development can be provided by the Instructional Facilitors and Curriculum Coaches. These 2 classes of employees will each lose 1 month of employment, but the months will be staggered through the year, so they will be available for summer staff development.
Mr. Logan repeated his warning that 2011-12 will be even tougher – this year and next both include about $3.5M in ARRA (Federal Stimulus) funding, which will not continue in 2011-12.
The prioritized list of what to add back (if funds become available) is:
1. capital funds for technology (to replace aging laptops at CCHS and NHS)
2. Mandarin Chinese at Horton 22k
3. Staff Development funds
4. Employer’s share of Dental insurance 316.5k