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
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
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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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