20092010 Preliminary Budget

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2009-2010 Preliminary Budget

• Update
• February 9, 2009

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The Superintendent presented a preliminary budget
on January 12.

• Aligned to district goals
• New initiatives for student achievement and staff
  development including
• Student learning
• Technology initiatives
• Professional staff
• Reallocation of funds from major cost drivers

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Local taxes are the primary source of funding for
local schools.
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Budget reductions are required to minimize impact
on taxpayers.

• Initiatives to contain key cost drivers
• Greater control over operation costs
• Across-the-board belt tightening
• Overall projected enrollment trends remain
  relatively flat elementary increases

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New initiatives are possible due to success in
containing key cost drivers

• Special education tuition stem the flow
• Building Maintenance seal the envelope
• Energy mechanical upgrades impacting 70 of
  heated space
• Operations efficiencies
• Employee benefits staff incentive to opt-out

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Containing major costs results in reduced rate of
increase in these areas.
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Per pupil expenditures for operations are reduced
and instruction increased.
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Reallocation of resources continues a legacy of
excellence.

• No cuts in music, arts, athletics, fitness,
  enrichment or high-end classes
• No changes to class size policy
• Continued high graduation standards at CHS
• No reduction in student support services
• Continued support for Alternative Program

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What are the proposed new initiatives?

• Full-day kindergarten in two phases
• Phase I 08-09 1,100,000 separate proposal
• Phase II 09-10 and beyond
• 4 additional classrooms
• Approximately 400,000 in additional operating

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What are the proposed new initiatives?

• A commitment to student learning
• Additional staff to maintain class size at
  elementary schools (7 teachers, 695,600)
• Additional step-up classes for students to
  advance levels (40,000)
• Increase library services at CHS/Montrose (.4
  fte, 28,600)
• Additional teacher for health education at middle
  schools (1 fte, 85,800)
• Additional math teacher at CHS (1 fte, 85,800)

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K-5 Enrollment Projections require adding
teachers to maintain class size
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What are the proposed new initiatives?

• Initiate Long-Range Technology Plan
• Technology studios and classes in middle schools
  to replace home economics program (432,000)
• Web-based student learning management system
  (225,000)
• Wireless infrastructure in secondary buildings
  (513,000)
• Begin conversion to multi-media model classrooms
  (210,000)
• K-2 Assessment System (31,000)
• Across-the-board reduction in materials to
  encourage reduction in reliance on hard materials

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What are the proposed new initiatives?

• Support for Professional Staff
• Continue implementation of recommendations of ELA
  audit
• Initiate math audit
• Content expert support add Elementary Math
  Specialist (85,800)
• Elementary Assistant Principals (105,000 net)

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What next? The Budget calendar is revised to meet
NJDOE schedule.

• Mon, Feb 9 BOE consider preliminary budget
• Tues, Mar 10 Governors Budget Address
• Thur, Mar 12 State Aid notices
• Mon, Mar 16 BOE adopt proposed budget to be
  submitted to ECS for approval and BSE for
  funding
• Thur, Mar 19 Advertise budget and notice Public
  Hearing
• Wed, Mar 25 BOE/BSE workshop to establish
  understanding of proposed budget
• Mon, Mar 30 BSE Public Hearing/action to levy
  2009-10 school tax
• Mon, Apr 20 BOE adopt 2009-10 budget and action
  by BSE
• Tues, Apr 21 BOE Elections
• Mon, May 4 BOE Reorganization