First Look at FY2019 General Fund Budget November 15, 2017 This is - PDF document

First Look at FY2019 General Fund Budget ‐ November 15, 2017 This is the first of several presentations focusing on general fund expenditures. Preliminary revenue estimates and equalized pupils are released in mid ‐ December. Therefore, the calculation of Education Spending and early tax rates will likely be presented on or about December 20 th at the earliest. November 15 th Budget Presentation ‐ Information/Agenda  Student Enrollment Information  Administrative Team Approach  Overall Composition of Expenditure Budget – Where are we are starting from  Focus on Staffing  Savings achieved from unification  Educational Initiatives based on Administrative Proposals  Preliminary Estimates on Total Expenditures  Teacher Retirement Proposal for FY2019 Administrative Team Approach The Administrative Team, led by Superintendent Nease, met for multiple hours on September 11 th , September 18 th , October 2 nd , October 16 th , November 6 th and November 9 th to debate and discuss the proposals being put forth. All of the staffing changes being put forth, along with the new initiatives, have the support of the full HUUSD Administrative team. The overall composition of expenditure budget ‐ Where are we starting from A review of the composition of the current budget (FY2018) seems a good way to kick off FY2019 budget discussions. Below is a summary of the current year budgeted expenditures. Employee Salaries $ 19,827,925 Employee Benefits $ 7,628,411 Contracted Services $ 2,533,144 Purchased Property Services ‐ Services to $ 770,613 operate/maintain building and grounds Other Purchased Services ‐ Bus Transportation, $ 2,168,997 Insurance, Advertising, etc. Supplies & Materials $ 1,469,858 Equipment $ 522,909 Dues & Other $ 433,450 Debt Principal & Interest $ 363,947 Transfer to Maintenance Reserve Fund $ 533,959 Transfer to Food Service Fund $ 41,100 Total General Fund Expenditures $ 36,294,313

FY201 19 Budget Pre esentation, N November 15, , 2017 The curre nt FY2018 ex xpenditure bu udget is $36,2 294,313, whic ch is 3.2% ove er the previou us years comb bined school dis strict and SU b budgets. Em ployee salarie es and benefi its total $27,4 456,336, or 7 6% of the tot tal expenses, , for 212.20 F FTE teachers, 15 school adm ministrators, 74.96 instruc ctional suppo ort staff, 20.68 8 maintena nce support s staff, 8 techn ology staff, 1 5.79 food ser rvice staff, 21 1.40 administ rative suppor rt staff and 2 athletic staf ff for a total o of 370.03 FTE E’s serving 1,9 947 students. . Dues & Ot ther Tr ransfer to Debt 1% Mainte enance Reserve Principa l & Transfer to Food Other Purchase ed Fund Equip pment Interes st Service e Fund Services 2% 1 % 1% 0% % 6% Supplies & Materials Purchase ed Property 4% Se rvices 2% Contra cted Servic ces 7% % Employee Salar ries 55% Employee B Benefits 21% % FY 2018 Ge eneral Fu und Expe enditure es This first b budget prese ntation focus ses on propos sed staffing ch hanges and e educational in nitiatives for FY2019. Savings a chieved from m unification A total of $130,950 is r reduced in th e FY2019 bud dget due to u nification. Sa avings are ach hieved from having on nly one financ cial audit inste ead of eight, bulk purchasi ing of fuel oil , a change in disability insurance e carrier cover ring all staff, and a reducti ion of board e expenses ass ociated with local school district bo oards. The co ost of the Gra nville bus is a also reduced a as savings we ere achieved by combining g with an existin g Warren rou ute. 2 2

FY201 19 Budget Pre esentation, N November 15, , 2017 FY2019 B udget Initiati ives The propo osed budget a also includes two proposa ls previously presented to o the HUUSD board by Administr ration for Wo rld Language instruction ( 4/2017) and Pre ‐ Kinderga arten program ms. (6/2017). A new ma ath program f for grades K t hrough 5 will l be impleme nted as well a and the cost f for the literac cy and math ematics asse ssment syste m, a universa al screening to ool used for g grades K ‐ 10, Measures of Academic c Progress (M AP), impleme ented this yea ar, is included d in the budge et. Focus on Staffing The admin nistrative tea m has spent a substantial amount of ti me together thoroughly r eviewing all P PK through G Grade 12 teac cher to studen nt ratios in th he classroom, all special ed ducation time e studies for special ed ducation staff f and a discus sion of interv vention servic ces. This com mprehensive review has yi elded a number r of staffing ch hanges the ad dministration n is proposing g for FY2019. K ‐ 6 Classr room Teacher rs – Based on the estimate ed student en nrollment pre esented the p roposal is to reduce K ‐ 6 classroom t teachers by 2 2.4 FTE’s; 1.4 FTE’s at Fayst ton Elementa ary School and d a 1.0 FTE at t Warren E lementary Sc hool. This re duction of cla assroom teac chers is propo osed solely on n the anticipa ated size of cla assrooms next t school year. . This change e aligns most t classrooms i in all grade le evels to the optimal a verage range e per grade clu uster per the chart from th he AOE below w. 3 3

FY2019 Budget Presentation, November 15, 2017 Interventionists – Based on a review of the number of Interventionists providing Tier II support in each school, the proposal is to add a 3.0 FTE licensed Intervention teachers; 1.0 FTE at Moretown Elementary, 1.0 FTE at Waitsfield Elementary and 1.0 FTE at Fayston Elementary. This will bring relative equity across the district by grade level in terms of the ratio of licensed intervention teachers to students creating sustainable delivery of Tier II services in all schools. School Intervention Staff Number of Intervention Students Staff/Student Ratio K ‐ 12 Fayston Elementary .60 FTE Currently, Propose School 1.0 for FY2019 81 1:81 Moretown Elementary No FTE Currently, School Propose 1.0 for FY2019 106 1:106 Waitsfield Elementary No FTE Currently School Propose 1.0 for FY2019 109 1:109 Warren Elementary .50 FTE Teacher and 1.0 FTE School Support Staff Currently, Propose 1.0 Teacher and .5 FTE Support for FY2016 128 1:85 Thatcher Brook 4.0 FTE Teachers Currently, Maintain for FY2019 357 1:89 Crossett Brook 2.0 FTE Teachers Currently, 1:140 Maintain for FY2019 281 HUHS 3.0 FTE Teachers Currently, Maintain for FY2019 645 1:215 Instructional Assistants ‐ Based on the review of staff time studies at all schools and anticipated class sizes a net reduction of 3.1 FTE Instructional Assistants is proposed for FY2019, a reduction of 1.0 FTE at Crossett Brook, 0.6 FTE in Fayston, and a 1.5 FTE at Warren. Moretown Elementary is also reducing Instructional Assistants by 1.5 FTEs, however these were unbudgeted positions added this year for incoming students, and therefore not a budget reduction. Other Staffing Changes Proposed ‐ Retain 1.0 FTE Assistant Principal at Thatcher Brook added this year ‐ Return to 2.0 FTE Co ‐ Principal Model at HUHS as budgeted ‐ Increase Data Management by .40 FTE Data Manager in order to meet requirements for reporting longitudinal data to the AOE and to manage use of multiple data programs across the district (PowerSchool, V ‐ Hub, Jumprope, MAP, SBAC, Tyler, etc.) ‐ Increase Technology Integration by .20 FTE at Moretown aligning them with Waitsfield and Warren ‐ Increase Guidance .20 FTE (from .40 FTE to .50 FTE) at Fayston Elementary and Moretown Elementary aligning these schools closer to Waitsfield and Warren who each have a .60 FTE Guidance Counselor 4