EPS%20FUNDING%20FORMULA

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EPS FUNDING FORMULA

• For Pemetic Elementary

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Regular Instruction

• Formula for teachers 171 ratio 6th-8th 161
  K-5th
• Result 10 teachers total, including art, music,
  gym, French, reading specialist, etc. with
  enrollment of 165.
• 10 teachers 1 for each grade level (9) with one
  teacher equivalent to teach all other subjects
  listed above (1 day/week art, music, gym,
  French, reading specialist)

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Regular Instruction

• Ed tech formula 1001
• Result 1.6 ed techs for regular ed cutting 1.7
  (3.3 available now)
• Larger class sizes (up to 23) with fewer ed techs

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Regular Instruction

• Summer School/Learning Lab formula no formula/no
  funding
• Substitute formula 32/student
• Result 5280 (165 students) available out of our
  current 23,000 (75/day for a sub). Does not
  allow for long-term subs, professional days, etc.
  Amounts to 7 days/teacher for the year.

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Regular Instruction

• Insurance coverage formula 36 for ed techs, 29
  for clerical, 19 for teachers, 14 for
  administrators
• Result Staffs will be paying a considerably
  higher percentage of their insurance costs
  (school currently pays 80)

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Regular Instruction

• Outside counseling for regular education
  students no formula/no funding
• Academic programs (Challenger Learning Center,
  health speakers, Floating classroom, etc.) no
  formula/no funding
• Science kits no formula/no funding
• Staff travel no formula/no funding

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Regular Instruction

• Supplies formula 302/student
• Result All supplies for guidance, nurse and
  library would be cut and 4000 cut from regular
  education line
• Dues, fees and conferences formula 51/student
• Result 8415

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Regular Instruction

• Regional Adjustment
• 60,000 subtracted as adjustment for salaries and
  benefits and subs based on where we live (cut 7
  from salaries)

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Special Education

• Not included in funding formula

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Co-Curricular/Extra-curricular

• Last week cut totally from formula
• Previously was 29/student
• Currently spend 70,000 (athletic director,
  baseball/softball coaches, basketball and cross
  country coaches, soccer coaches, middle school
  advisors, yearbook, drama, jazz and music
  director, officials, equipment and uniforms,
  etc.)
• Cut all co-/extra-curricula programs

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Food Services

• No formula unless 40,000 for free/reduced
  number of students adjustment counts toward this
  line
• Currently budget 38,000 to supplement
  breakfast/lunch program

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Guidance

• Guidance formula 1350
• Result 1/2 time guidance counselor

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Health Services

• Nurse formula 1800
• Result nurse would be here 1 day/week

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Improvement of Instruction

• Formula 20/student
• Result 3300
• Currently spend 28,000
• Pays for summer instructional work by teachers,
  tuition reimbursement, curriculum work outside of
  school hours, Reading Recovery, LSDCC mentors
• Eliminate all but Reading Recovery

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Assessment

• Formula 79/student
• Result 13,035
• NWEA 2500 and rest for Superintendent office for
  assessment

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Library

• Formula 1800 Ed Tech 1500
• Result Librarian one day/week with ed tech
  available 1 1/2 days

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Technology

• Formula 85/student
• Result 14,340
• Currently 92,000
• For technology coordinator salary benefits,
  MLTI leader, laptop insurance, supplies,
  software, equipment (new computer purchases)
• Eliminate technology coordinator and drastically
  cut supplies, software, new computer purchases
  for classrooms and computer lab

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Office of Superintendent

• Formula 349/student
• Result 68,000 (by adding assessment portion)
• Currently spend 129,000
• Up to Superintendents office to determine cuts

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Office of Principal

• Principal formula 1305
• Result 1/2 time principal
• Secretary formula 1200
• Result 1 secretary (cut 1 secretary)

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Operation Maintenance

• Formula 929/student153,285
• Currently spend 341,900
• For custodians salaries benefits (168,)
  sewer/water (4,) rubbish (3,) contracted
  services for building, grounds, equipment (31,)
  insurance (7,) telephone (6,6) supplies
  (14,5) electricity (52,5) gas (2,5) heating
  oil (52,)

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Operation Maintenance

• Cut 2 part time custodians and leave 2 full time
  custodians 40,000
• Cut supplies by 4000.
• Still need to cut 144,000!!!
• Cut heating oil? Electricity? Rubbish removal?
  Insurance? Contracted services for repairs?
  Telephone service? Gas for the kitchen? How can
  you cut 144,000?!

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Transportation

• Formula ? EPS figured 76,000
• Currently 102,000
• For Salaries benefits physicals drug
  testing, contracted services for bus repairs,
  insurance, supplies, fuel, replace/purchase
  equipment
• Eliminating all extra curricular trips and cut
  one part-time bus driver leaving one full time
  driver

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Capital Outlay

• Formula none/no funding
• Currently 37,000
• For land improvements, building projects,
  equipment (classroom furniture)
• No further projects or renovations or classroom
  furniture purchased

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Debt Service

• Formula none/no funding
• Result 464,000 payment each year would continue
  and be Southwest Harbors to fund

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Final Analysis

• EPS allows 1.5 million (based on 204 students
  from 2005)
• Current budget is 3.2 million
• After subtracting debt service there would be
  1.2 million cut from the budget
• Would your taxes decrease by this amount?
• Mill expectation of 7.60 in formula
• LOCAL TOWNS will NOT be able add local money over
  and above the formula!!!!!