Board of Education Meeting April 22, 2013 The BIG Picture 21 st - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Board of Education Meeting – April 22, 2013

The BIG Picture 21 st Century Teaching Safe, Secure and Inviting Schools and Learning Moving West Clermont Forward Communication Financial Stability

 $5.2 million deficit at the end of 2014  Previous reductions  132 positions (92.6 teachers, 32.4 classified, 7 administrative)  $7.4 million in reductions over the past 7 years

 Tighten operations to improve efficiency  Consider preliminary recommendations from State Auditor’s Performance Review  Input from District Office Team

 Salary adjustments  Reduce one secretarial position  Replace Superintendent’s Secretary  Replace Assistant Superintendent with Director  Continue outsourcing Human Resources Director through the CCESC  Total Cost Reduction: $148,642

 Reduce 7.0 positions  Eliminate non ‐ instructional periods  Class size average to 27  Reduce staff in Virtual/Credit Recovery Program  Total Cost Reduction: $630,000

 Implement Middle School Model  Requires addition of 2.5 teachers  Balance staffing  Move to Middle School Principals  No increase in number of administrators  Total Cost Addition: $205,000

 Reduce 2.0 teachers  Based on enrollment needs  Accomplished through attrition  Replace the 5 th grade SAT assessment with Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for grades 2 ‐ 7  Total Cost Reductions: $151,000

 Reduce Special Education Staff  Based on enrollment needs  Total Cost Reductions: $312,000

 Reduce 4 bus routes  More efficient routing  Looking at start/end times for 2013 ‐ 14  Reduce 5 bus monitors  Better monitoring of vendor  Total Cost Reductions: $308,000

 Do not replace 3 currently open custodial positions  Total Cost Reduction: $162,037

 Reduce 1.0 position  Cancel membership to SOITA  Move Amelia Elementary fiber to HCCA/Cincinnati Bell  Total Cost Reduction: $59,000

Area of Reduction Cost Change District Office $148,642 High Schools 630,000 Middle Schools (205,000) Elementary Schools 151,000 Special Education 312,000 Transportation 308,000 Operations 162,037 Technology 59,000 TOTAL REDUCTIONS $1,565.679

 Negotiations with WCEA/HOPE  State Allocations for West Clermont FY2013 FY2013 FY 2013 Final (June 30) FY 2011 FY2012 Governor’s* House** Senate $27,446,973 $25,146,570 $23,474,221 $24,105,898 ? ? * ‐ did not include transportation and career ed ** ‐ does include transportation and career ed

 Do not need to vote on reductions  Included in approval of budget  Will need to vote on Suspension of Contracts  If needed  May 13, 2013 Regular Board meeting