Wallingford BOE proposed budget

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FY 2010 - 2011

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Connecticut School District Data 2009 - 2010

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Last year, a large number of school districts needed to eliminate programs based on budget constraints. ◦ 31 Districts Increased Elementary Class Sizes ◦ 18 Districts Increased Middle School Class Sizes ◦ 13 Districts Increased High School Class Sizes ◦ 7 Districts Eliminated Talented and Gifted Programs 3


Other districts reduced . . . ◦ 7 Districts Reduced World Language Programs ◦ 7 Districts Reduced/Eliminated Athletic Programs ◦ 4 Districts Reduced Technological Education Programs ◦ 4 Districts Reduced Mathematics Programs ◦ 4 Districts Reduced Health Education Program ◦ 4 Districts Reduced/Eliminated After School Activities 4


Other districts reduced . . . ◦ 3 Districts Reduced Music Education ◦ 3 Districts Reduced Physical Education ◦ 3 Districts Reduced/Eliminated Full Day Kindergarten ◦ 3 Districts Reduced/Eliminated Summer School ◦ 3 Districts Reduced Library/Media Services ◦ 3 Districts Reduced Art Education 5


44 Districts Eliminated 1 – 5 Teachers

28 Districts Eliminated 6 – 10 Teachers

9 Districts Eliminated 11 – 15 Teachers

6 Districts Eliminated 16 – 20 Teachers

5 Districts Eliminated 21 – 30 Teachers

4 Districts Eliminated +30 Teachers 6


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Develop Initial Sustained Services Budget

Identify Necessary Increases

Acquire Data on Annual Expenses

Estimate State Revenues

◦ Carry all services and purchases over from one year to the next ◦ Personnel, Tuitions, Transportation ◦ Oil, Electric, Health Benefits

◦ Special Education Excess Cost Sharing

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Conduct First Run of Budget Numbers Conduct Meetings to Brainstorm with Administrators

Review Contracts and Bids

Conduct Second Run of Budget Numbers

Develop Central Office Budget Document

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FY 10 – FY 11

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Definition: ◦ What it would cost to continue present level of services for school district ◦ Includes salaries, benefits, facility costs, fuel, electricity, and any required staffing additions ◦ Mandated Service Expenses

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ Increased Contingency  Negotiations  Special Education

 Transportation  Mandated Service Changes

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ +1.0 FTE – Vocational Agricultural Teacher

 (Required per State Department of Education)

◦ Certified Staff Contracted Salary Increases  Negotiated Increases

◦ Non-Certified Staff Contracted Salary Increases  Negotiated Increases

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ Benefits  Estimated12% Increase in Health Insurance  Severance Benefits = $466,413  Estimated New Insurance Participants

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ Increased Tuition Expenses ◦ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funded Tuitions  +$500,000

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ Revenue Projections

 2008 – 2009 – 100%  2009 – 2010 – 77%  2010 - 2011 – 70%

Actual Estimated Estimated

◦ Increased Transportation Expenses

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ Estimated Increased Heat Expenses

 ($2.65 vs. $2.11) – 26% Increase  (Increased square footage with new Vocational Agricultural Building +50,000 gallons = +$132,500)

◦ Estimated Increased Electric Expenses

 5% Rate Increase  (Increased square footage with new Vocational Agricultural Building +$100,000)

◦ Estimated Increased Water Expenses  7.6% Rate Increases

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Key Budget Drivers Considered: ◦ Maintenance Budget

 5 Year Maintenance Items  Level Fund Allocation to Account for Pre-Buy from FY 08-09 Budget

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Base Budget ◦ $85,057,113 Approved (FY 09-10) ◦ $ 1,900,000 Pre Buy (from FY 08 – 09) +2.23% ◦ $ 392,528 ARRA (Replacement Money) +0.46% _______________________________________________________ ◦ $87,349,641

Total Estimated Expenditures

+2.69%

Initial Base Budget Increase

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Base Budget

$87,349,641

(Projected Expenses FY 09-10) 

Additional Expenses

$ 6,165,355

(Contractual, Benefits, General Increases) 

Total Required for Sustained Services Budget Total Percentage Increase

$93,514,996

9.94%

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Object Code Summary $93,514,996

+$8,457,883

100 Contingency

+$ 260,000

111/112 Salaries (Cert./Non Cert.)

+$2,739,617

200 Benefits and Insurances

+$1,573,079

300 Purchased Professional Services +$ 499,844 400 Purchased Property Services

+$ 328,850

500 Transportation and Other

+$1,796,991

600 Instructional Supplies and

+$1,283,920

700 Capital Outlay

+$ 419,413

800 Other Objects

-$

Total

+$8,457,883

Purchased Services Materials

443,831 +9.94% 21


FY 10 – FY 11

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Fiscal Year 2000/2001

Proposed Budget 9.0%

Town Approved 4.21%

2001/2002

8.9%

6.93%

2002/2003

8.5%

3.97%

2003/2004

11.7%

4.37%

2004/2005

7.9%

4.12%

2005/2006

9.8%

5.14%

2006/2007

10.8%

5.08%

2007/2008

8.5%

4.54%

2008/2009

7.8%

3.88%

2009/2010

4.26%

1.17% 23


Percent Increase

+4.16%

Dollar Increase

+$3,542,557

Proposed Budget

$88,599,670

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Actual Budget Increase Based on Projected 2009 – 2010 Expenditures ◦ Proposed FY ‘10 –’11  $88,599,670

◦ Approved Budget and Projected Expenditures FY ’09 – ’10  $ 87,349,641

 $85,057,113  $ 1,900,000  $ 392,528

Approved FY 09 – 10 Budget Pre Buy (from FY 08 – 09) ARRA (Replacement Money)

◦ Actual Proposed Expenditure Increase  $1,250,029

+1.41%

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◦ 1 – Review programs and services for potential efficiency savings. ◦ 2 – Review programs and services in relation to educational best practices and national and state mandates. ◦ 3 – Advance our system forward in difficult economic times. ◦ 4 – Maintain class sizes. ◦ 5 – Respect the economic climate of community. 26


Level 2

Students

Level 1 Level 3 27


Adult Education ◦ Adult Education Allocation  30% reduction

◦ Adult Education Clerical  4 Part Time

◦ Adult Education Transportation Reduction

Alternative High School

◦ Allocation Reduction 10%

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Central Office 

Advertising

Board of Education Receptionist

◦ Reduction – 1 Full Time Clerical Position ◦ Utilize Automated Attendant System

Business Office Supply Reduction

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Central Office 

Curriculum and Instruction

◦ Eliminate 4 Curriculum Resource Teacher Positions    

Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies

◦ Eliminate Secretarial Positions  Curriculum Resource  School to Career

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Central Office 

Curriculum and Instruction ◦ Science Center Aides

 Eliminate 2 Part Time Positions

◦ Textbook Purchasing Reductions

 Still Replacing  Growing with Math grades 4 and 5  Not Replacing  Middle School Social Studies

Eliminate Area Evaluators 31


Reduce School Year 3 Days for Students Only ◦ From 184 Student Days to 181 Student Days ◦ 3 Days Professional Development for Teachers

District Copy Center

◦ Reduction – 1 Part Time Clerical Position

District Newsletter

◦ Insert in Record Journal

Payroll Clerk

◦ Reduction – 1 Part Time Clerical Position 32


Personnel Office

◦ Reduction – 1 Part Time Clerical Position

Transportation

◦ Reduction – 1 Part Time Clerical Position

0% Salary Increases

◦ Superintendent ◦ Assistant Superintendent ◦ Director of Human Resources

Superintendent Conferences/Workshops 33


Information Technology

◦ Allocation Reduction 30% ◦ Seasonal Information Technology Staff  (College students hired during breaks)

◦ NOTE:

 Information Technology Initiatives Funded  Telephone System Upgrade – Year 2  Computer Leases – Year 3

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Maintenance  Maintenance Staff

◦ Reduction - 3 Part Time Positions

Maintenance Clerical

◦ Reduction – 1 Part Time Clerical Position

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◦ Major Capital Projects

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$90,351

◦ 5 Year Maintenance Plan

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$182,884

 Lighting Retrofit  Pond Hill, Sheehan  Cook Hill      

Exterior Gym Lights Ceilings Heat Pump Portable Classroom Hot Water Heater Lights Painting

 Highland –

 Gym Floor (Repaint/Line)  Painting

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 MYB –  Duct Cleaning, Fans, Painting  Parker Farms  Painting  Pond Hill  Duct Cleaning  Painting

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 Rock Hill  Exterior Gym Doors Painting  Stevens  Painting  Lights  Ceilings  Yalesville  Boiler Room Drainage Code Updates  Painting 38


 Dag  Painting  Floor Tile  Moran  Hot Water Heater  Painting  Lyman Hall  Lights  Painting 39


School to Career

◦ Supply Reduction

 Food and gifts for functions

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School Nurse Reductions ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦

Staff Development Instructional Supplies Office Equipment Books

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Relocate Special Education Offices (PPS) to Cook Hill Elementary School ◦ More efficiently manage programs

Relocate Harvest Park Elementary Program to Cook Hill Elementary School ◦ Decrease Social Worker Positions .8 FTE

 Consolidate services for Harvest Park Elementary and Pre School Students

◦ Reduce 4 Paraprofessional Positions at Cook Hill Pre-School to Accommodate More Inclusive Model

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Reduce Special Education and Compensatory Education Allocations ◦ 30% reduction

Eliminate District-Wide Disabilities Resource Position Eliminate 2.0 FTE Elementary Inclusion Facilitators Eliminate Through Attrition 1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher at Lyman Hall High School 43


Special Program Reductions 

Eliminate District Funding of Special Programs ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦

Center for Creative Youth – Wesleyan Artistically Gifted Saturday/Summer Program Talcott Mountain Investigate offering through Park and Recreation

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Reduce Allocations 30%

Eliminate Payment of Advanced Placement Fees ◦ District would no longer pay for third test

Eliminate Lyman Hall Administrative Intern Eliminate Athletic Director Part Time Clerical Positions

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Reduce Greeters

◦ Eliminate 2 Full Time Positions

Eliminate Building Aide Positions

Reduce Cafeteria Aide Positions ◦ Eliminate 4 Part Time Positions

Reduce Clerical Positions

◦ Eliminate 4 Part Time Positions

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Eliminate Capital Project

◦ Replacement of Bleachers at Sheehan High School

Institute Pay for Play

◦ $100 per player per sport—cheerleading is included as a sport ◦ $200 cap per player ◦ $300 cap per family

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Eliminate High School Department Heads Eliminate Lyman Hall High School Student Salaries for Evening Banquets 47


Replace Awards Banquets with Non-Food Ceremonies ◦ Varsity Scholar ◦ CTE Banquet

Eliminate Vo-Ag Clerical Position ◦ 1 Part Time Position

Eliminate 17.4 FTE Teaching Positions

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Reduce Allocations 30%

Eliminate Greeter Positions

◦ Eliminate 2 Full Time Positions ◦ Implement Voice Access System

Eliminate Part Time Clerical Positions ◦ 2 Part Time Positions

Reduce Paraprofessional Positions

◦ 1 Part Time Position and 2 Full Time Positions

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Eliminate 6 Week Rotating After School Program ◦ This does NOT include sports, drama, and jazz band.

Staff Reductions ◦ Dag     

.5 FTE Music Position .5 FTE Information Technology Position .4 FTE Social Worker Position .2 FTE Speech Language 1.0 FTE Compensatory Education Position

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Staff Reductions ◦ Moran    

.2 FTE Social Worker Position .5 FTE Information Technology Position .5 FTE Music Position 1.0 FTE Classroom Position

◦ Eliminate Subject Area Coordinators ◦ Reduce Enrollment at Thomas Edison Middle School  From 21 to 12  Do not replace graduating grade 8 students with new grade 6 students

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Reduce Allocations 30%

Eliminate Greeters

◦ Eliminate 16 Part Time Positions ◦ Implement Voice Access System

Eliminate Part Time Clerical Positions ◦ 7 Part Time Positions

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An Exciting Educational Opportunity “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.� - Horace


Reconfigure 8 Elementary Schools from K – 5 to 4 – K – 2 Schools 4 – Grade 3 – 5 Schools

K-2 Highland

377

3-5 Yalesville

403

K-2 Cook Hill

313

3-5 Parker Farms

332

K-2 Stevens

354

K-2 Moses Y. Beach

3-5 Pond Hill

3-5 Rock Hill

350

309

338

Reconfiguration better balances school sizes. * Presently, Yalesville has 511 students while Pond Hill has 288.


Reconfiguration Results

K – 2 Schools

◦ Average School Size - 338 ◦ Average Class Size  Kindergarten - 18  Grade 1 - 18  Grade 2 - 18

◦ Additional Resources

 2 Full Time Literacy Coaches Per School  1 Paraprofessional Per Kindergarten Classroom  1 Paraprofessional Per Grade 1 Classroom 55


Reconfiguration Results

Grade 3– 5 Schools

◦ Average School Size - 356 ◦ Average Class Size  Grade 3 - 20  Grade 4 - 20  Grade 5 – 23

◦ Additional Resources

 2 Full Time Literacy Coaches Per School  1 Full Time Math Coach Per School 56


Benefits ◦ Narrowed focus in the grade span would provide targeted grade level instruction in each building ◦ Buildings would be better able to target support services ◦ Easier to target CMT services ◦ Easier to target SRBI (Scientifically Research Based Intervention) at the lower grade schools


Reconfiguration Results ◦ Reduction in Following Positions: Non-Certified Staff

 Reduce 8 Part Time Library Aide Positions  Reduce 3 Full Time and 2 Part Time Information Technology Paraprofessional and Aide Positions  Reduce 3 Part Time Kindergarten Aide Positions  Reduce 2 Part Time TLC Aide Positions  34.1 Paraprofessional Positions (Regular and Special Education) 58


Reconfiguration Results ◦ Reduction in Following Positions: Certified Staff        

Eliminate Administrative Intern Position Reduce 5.0 FTE Classroom Teaching Positions Reduce 2.5 FTE STEP Teaching Positions Reduce 2.0 FTE Instrumental Music Teaching Positions Reduce 1.0 FTE Art Teaching Position Reduce 1.0 FTE Music Teaching Position Reduce .2 FTE Compensatory Education Teaching Position Reduce .8 FTE Social Worker Position 59


Reconfiguration Results 

Total Certified Reductions – 12.5 FTE

$750,000

Administrative Intern Position Reduction

$ 16,065

Total Non-Certified Reductions ◦ 15 Aide Positions ◦ 34.1 Paraprofessional Positions ◦ 7 Part Time Clerical Positions ◦ 16 Part Time Greeter Positions

Total Staff Savings

$1,045,915

$1,811,980 60


Reconfiguration Results

Expenses ◦ Moving and Set-Up

$150,000

◦ 4 Additional Buses

$173,644

◦ Video Access System

$84,632

Total Expenses

$408,276 61


Reconfiguration Results

Final Savings ◦ Staff Savings ◦ Expenses -

$1,811,980 $ 408,276

◦ Total Savings -

$1,403,704

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In conclusion . . .


30% Reductions to School Allocations

Decrease of Student School Year by 3 Days

No Salary Increases for Central Office Administration

Reconfiguration of Elementary Schools

Elimination of Administrative Interns at Lyman Hall and Yalesville Implementation of Voice Access System at Elementary and Middle School


Certified Staff Reductions ◦ 55.6 FTE

Non-Certified Staff Reductions ◦ (Part Time/Full Time) – 117.1


To Review . . . 

Proposed Percent Increase

+4.16%

Dollar Increase

+$3,542,557

Proposed Budget

$88,599,670

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