East Windsor Public School East Windsor, Connecticut

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East Windsor Public SchoolEast Windsor,
Connecticut

• Presentation to the
• Board of Finance
• February 27, 2008

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Budget Presentation Outline

• District Strategic Focus
• Teaching and Learning
• DRG Analysis
• Budget Summary by Account

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District Strategic Focus

• Raising Student Achievement.
• Monitoring System for Student Learning.
• Systems of Intervention.
• Communication
• Highly Qualified Staff

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East Windsor Public Schools

• A Focus on Teaching and Learning
• What is it we want our students to know and be
  able to do?
• How will we know when they get there?
• What will we do when they dont get it or already
  have it?

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East Windsors Emphasis on Teaching

• Alignment of all K-12 curriculum to state
  standards
• Identification of Power Standards Less is more
  Identifying the essential understandings students
  need to know for success in school, in life,
  and on high stakes tests.
• Development of 4-8 units of focused instruction
  per year.
• Instructional units emphasis rigor and relevance
• Unit development includes formative and summative
  assessments, analysis, instructional adjustments
• Instructional units embed content literacy
  strategies
• Professional development has emphasized content
  as well as delivery of instruction.
• Development of targeted interventions/supports

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East Windsors Emphasis on Learning
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ERG/DRG Analysis

• Definitions
• ERG Educational Reference Group.
• DRG District Reference Groups.
• ERGs have been reclassified as DRGs.
• Updated Data Same Formula.
• East Windsor was previously classified as ERG G
• Family Income, Parental Education, Parental
  Occupation, Households with Single Parents,
  Free/Reduced Households, Non English Households.

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Who is in Our DRG
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ERG/DRG Analysis

• DRG A Most Affluent.
• DRG I Least Affluent.
• 27 Districts Were Reclassified as Less Affluent
  16.3.
• 23 Districts Were Reclassified as More Affluent
  13.8 - EW is one of them.
• The Rest of the Districts Stayed the Same.

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ERG/DRG Analysis

• EW per pupil spending is ranked 11th within their
  DRG, which 713 below the DRGs average.
• EW per pupil spending is ranked 135th within the
  state, which is 1,536 below the state average.

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Two Year Budget Comparison
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Budget Comparison by Category
74.75
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Budget by Location and Category
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Budget by Location and Category

• Budget by Location Details the Costs by Line for
  Each of Cost Centers for the School District.
• The Increases and or Decreases by each Account
  Line are Placed in One of Four Categories
  Contractual, Fixed Operational, State and Federal
  Mandates or School Improvements.

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Budget by Location and Category

• The Budget, Which Includes Additional Staffing
  and Programming Stands as Follows
• Contractual Increase of 3.32
• Fixed Operational Increase of 2.12
• Total Contractual and Fixed Operational is 5.45
• Mandate Increase of 2.28
• School Improvement of 3.64

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Enrollment Information
District Enrollment
EW Students not attending EW schools
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100 Salaries Account Detail
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100 Salaries Account Explanations

• Settlement of EWAA Contract
• EWAA East Windsor Administrators Association
• EWAA and BOE settled in Mediation
• Increase to Account 111 and 112 Central Office
  and Building Administration reflect new contract
  salary adjustments.
• No new staff added in the 111 and 112 Accounts.

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100 Salaries Account Explanations

• Settlement of EWEA Contract
• EWEA East Windsor Education Association
• EWEA and BOE settled in Arbitration
• Increase in Certified Salaries (113) is 10.96
• 466,812 or 6.64 of the increase represents
  school improvements of additional staffing and
  programming.
• Without the school improvements, the increase
  would be 4.32
• Additional Programming for Summer Curriculum Work
  to Support Alignment of Curriculum with State
  Standards.

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Proposed Initiatives Included in the Budget
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100 Salaries Account Explanations

• The Substitute Account (114) reflects a 21.81
  increase due to salary reserves for
  non-contracted employees.
• Overall substitute usage is trending at
  approximately 2,100 units per year.

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100 Salaries Account Explanations

• 116 Account reflects an increase of 13.88 in
  Remedial Programs.
• State Law PA 07-66, Mandates that Schools Have an
  In-School Suspension Program. We implemented the
  program in the current year.
• 118 Account Reflects an increase of 71.77 in
  Summer School Programming.
• Additional Programming for a Special Education
  Summer School Program.
• Develop a Program for Special Education Students
  in grades 1 4. This Would Support Our Students
  in District Instead of Sending Them to
  Out-of-District Programming.

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100 Salaries Account Explanations

• 121 Account Reflects an increase of 16.25 in
  Clerical Programming.
• Proposed Additions of 4.2 FTE Paraprofessional
  Positions.
• 122 Account Reflects an Increase of 15.08 in
  Teacher Aide Programming.
• Increase in Special Education Paraprofessionals
  to Meet IEP Standards.

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200 Employee Benefits Account Explanations

• 211-1a Account Reflects an Increase of 10.80 to
  Social Security Withholding.
• Trended Increases in FICA and Medicare
  Withholding.
• 211-1b Account Reflects an Increase of 10.18 to
  The Pension Contribution.
• The Pension Contribution is an Estimate Until
  Further Data is Determines the New Plan Census
  and Contribution Requirements.
• Health Insurance Represents a 4.25 Increase Due
  to a Favorable Renewal of the Health Plans and an
  Increase in Employee Cost Share as a Result of
  Contract Settlements.

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