BOUNDARY STUDY
- Conducted a boundary
study with the following charge:
- Balance student
population with class size guidelines.
- Provide equity
of socio-economic demographics.
- Maximize schools’
Title I eligibility.
- Provide for enrollments
projected 5 years into the future.
- Provide efficient
use of transportation and space in support of needed programs and services.
- Provide efficient
use of fiscal resources.
- Identified program
priorities to address in reducing costs:
- Downsize in response
to reduced enrollments.
- Maintain quality
and variety of curriculum and extra-curriculum offerings.
- Provide for consolidating
pre-kindergarten programs into a community center facility at the older
part of the Wilson campus.
- Maintain team concept
at the junior highs, but increase flexibility to adapt to changing enrollments.
- Projected space
needs at all buildings.
- Determined it was
not possible to close a primary school
- Determined it was
not feasible to reorganize to K-3, 4-8 or K-4, 5-8.
- Adopted boundary
and staffing changes recommended by the boundary study:
- Modified boundaries
for grades 4-8 such that 4/7ths of the students attend Wilson/Broadmoor
while 3/7ths attend Washington/Edison.
- Identified affected
students and informed parents.
- Allow next years’
8th grade students to stay in junior high they are presently
in.
- Reorganized junior
high school staffing to place 4 teaching/learning teams at Broadmoor
and 3 at Edison.
- Delayed boundary
changes in K-3 until the pre-kindergarten/community education center
is functional.
BALANCED BUDGET
- Developed scenarios
for BOE consideration leading to a levy decision in December 2000 for
the 2001-2002 school year.
- Capped local property
taxes at 2.7% due to Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL).
- Abated $878,587
in property tax in order to keep local property taxes within BOE’s goal.
- Projected a deficit
budget for 2000-2001 due to construction costs and loss in state aid.
- Studied current
expenditures for 2000-2001 budget in the areas of personnel, purchased
services, supplies and materials, capital, tuition, and other.
- Projected revenues
and expenditures for FY’02 with known information.
- Established a target
for budget reduction in FY’02 of $1 million dollars.
- Studied current
expenditures for FY’01 budget in the areas of personnel, purchased services,
supplies and materials, capital, tuition and other.
- Identified areas
for budget reduction in FY’02.
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BOUNDARY STUDY
- Implementing boundary
changes in grades 4-8.
- Preparing junior
high teams for reorganized structure.
BALANCE
BUDGET
- Receiving local
property tax based on final assessed valuation of $336,178,415
- Lowering tax rate
from 2.87 to 2.79.
- Abating local property
tax by 878,587.
- Initiating a $1.1
million working cash loan to cover projected deficits in the Education
and Site and Construction funds.
- Developing budget
for FY02 to be in balance.
- Implementing levy
numbers received from County Clerk’s office and other numbers received
from state and federal agencies.
- Developing 2001-2002
Budget through Budget development cycles with buildings and departments.
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BOUNDARY STUDY
- Will study boundary
and program implications for primary schools (K-3) to implement after
the pre-kindergarten/community center opens in the older part of the
Wilson campus.
BALANCE BUDGET
- Will reduce 2001-2002
Budget by $1,150,000 in the areas of Salaries and Benefits ($400,000),
Purchased Services ($50,000), and Capital Outlay ($700,000).
- Will repay the
working cash loan for the borrowed amount in 2000-2001 by partially
abating the working cash fund.
- Will present the
BOE with a balanced budget in August for public inspection and hearing
in September.
- Will monitor budget
to ensure fiscal control throughout the fiscal year.
- Will continue to
identify future reductions through increased efficiencies and retirements.
- Will eliminate
two additional junior high positions for 2002-2003 needed presently
to accommodate 8th grade students to stay in current school.
- Will continue practice
of developing scenarios for the December levy.
- Will continue practice
of abatement to pay off debt by December, 2002.
- Will continue to
balance budget.
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