School Department Budget Past, Present, and Future Meeting with - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

school department budget past present and future
SMART_READER_LITE
LIVE PREVIEW

School Department Budget Past, Present, and Future Meeting with - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

School Department Budget Past, Present, and Future Meeting with Select Board 12-18-19 Keep What We Have Not Enough Funding High quality school Inadequate town system revenue (scores, students, staff, Problem programming,


slide-1
SLIDE 1

School Department Budget Past, Present, and Future

Meeting with Select Board 12-18-19

slide-2
SLIDE 2

Problem

Keep What We Have

  • High quality school

system (scores, students, staff, programming, activities)

  • Tremendous ROI

(Bottom 3% in Massachusetts in funding) Not Enough Funding

  • Inadequate town

revenue

  • Inadequate state

funding

slide-3
SLIDE 3

Historical % Increases

7.8 7.7 5.25 5.25 4.17 5.25 5.25 4.5 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

slide-4
SLIDE 4

10,000 11,000 12,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 16,000 17,000

State Average Mendon-Upton Millbury Westborough Northbridge Sutton Shrewsbury Grafton

Per-Pupil Spending (FY18)

$15,839 $16,506

$12,760

slide-5
SLIDE 5

How Low is GPS Funding?

District Per-Pupil Amount Annual Difference if Applied in Grafton Grafton $12,760

  • Shrewsbury

$13,740 + $3,200,000 annually Sutton $14,090 + $4,300,000 annually Northbridge $14,750 + $6,400,000 annually Westborough $15,840 + $9,900,000 annually Millbury $16,330 + $11,600,000 annually Mendon-Upton $16,340 + $11,600,000 annually State Average $16,506 + $12,200,000 annually

slide-6
SLIDE 6

153 145 140 135 134 132 129 127 118 117 117 117 115 107 106

100 110 120 130 140 150 160

Westborough Millbury Hopkinton Ashland Bellingham Holliston Auburn Uxbridge Shrewsbury Sutton Upton Mendon Grafton Oxford Northbridge

% Spending Over Required School Spending

slide-7
SLIDE 7

2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000

Northborough Mendon/Upton Millbury Westborough Hopkinton Bellingham Uxbridge Oxford Ashland Holliston Sutton Shrewsbury Auburn Northbridge Grafton

Comparison of % Composition of Per-Pupil Spending

Total Tax Dollars Per Pupil State Funding Per Pupil Grant and Revolving Funds

slide-8
SLIDE 8

State Funding: Opportunity Act

FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27

Additional Chapter 70 Funding

$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $46,680 $93,360

Additional Circuit Breaker Funding

$0 $0 $25,894 $51,787 $77,681

$103,575 $115,083 $127,870

slide-9
SLIDE 9

Projected Need FY21-FY27

7.8 7.7 5.25 5.25 4.17 5.25 5.25 4.5 5.9 4.48 4.24 4.14 4.24 4.55 4.2

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27

slide-10
SLIDE 10

Projected Funding

7.8 7.7 5.25 5.25 4.17 5.25 5.25 4.5

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27

3.5 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.75 2.0 2.0

slide-11
SLIDE 11

Projected Need vs. Projected Funding

7.8 7.7 5.25 5.25 4.17 5.25 5.25 4.5 5.9 4.48 4.24 4.14 4.24 4.55 4.2

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27

3.5 2.4 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.75 2.0 2.0 2.2

slide-12
SLIDE 12

Projected Funding Gap – School Department Need vs. Funding

FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 Need 5.9% 4.48% 4.24% 4.14% 4.24% 4.55% 4.2% Funding 3.5% 2.7% 2.8% 2.7% 2.75% 2% 2% Gap $878,000 $714,000 $629,000 $789,000 $738,000 $991,000 $1,048,000 $3.7 Million $5.8 Million

slide-13
SLIDE 13
  • Bottom 3% in the state
  • Zero-based budgeting
  • Stabilization account ($200,000)
  • Partnership with municipal (SRO grant)
  • School Choice program
  • Solar
  • Fees

Reduced Spending & Revenue Generation

5 Year = $3.8 M 7 Year = $5.8 M

slide-14
SLIDE 14

Maximizing Funding

  • Transportation Fees (Approximately $140,000 annually)
  • Solar
  • School Choice Program (Approximately $500,000 annually)
  • Stabilization account ($200,000)
  • Partnership with municipal (SRO grant)
  • Building specialized programming
  • Retaining students in-district (only 31 OOD, less than 1%)
  • Tuitioning in students with special needs
slide-15
SLIDE 15

% Private Special Education Placement

7.8% Northbridge 6.7% Millbury 5.8% Mendon-Upton 5.7% Shrewsbury 5.2% Westborough 4.5% Sutton

3.2% Grafton

slide-16
SLIDE 16

Personnel-Based Organization

Personnel – 80%

520 employees 4 Units – Teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, nurses Compensation ranges from 4th – 7th in comparison to bordering towns (Millbury, Mendon-Upton, Northbridge, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Westboro) Non-represented – Administration, maintenance

Non-Personnel Expenses – 20%

Transportation (general, special education, OOD) Tuitions (OOD – private and collaboratives) Technology Capital/maintenance Energy Supplies

slide-17
SLIDE 17

5.05 5.25 4.08 3.96 3.99 3.92 4.11 2.65 1.17 0.22 1.26 0.58 1.7

FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21

7.7% 4.18% 5.25% 5.25% 5.25% 4.5% 5.9%

Personnel vs. Non-Personnel % Spending

slide-18
SLIDE 18

Solutions

Reduce Spending Increase Funding

slide-19
SLIDE 19

Reduction Scenario

FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25

Coordinator Req. Elementary Teacher 75% Athletics Elementary Counselor Administrator Coordinator Req. Elementary Teacher Athletic Director Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Secondary Teacher Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Secondary Teacher Elementary Teacher Line Reductions Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Secondary Teacher Secondary Teacher Secretary Position Elementary Teacher Administrator Secondary Teacher Secretary Position Elementary Teacher Administrator Secondary Teacher Secondary Teacher Elementary Teacher Secondary Teacher Elementary Teacher Maintenance Position Secondary Teacher Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Administrator Secondary Teacher Line Reductions Elementary Teacher Elementary Teacher Secondary Teacher Elementary Teacher Line Reductions Line Reductions

7 Positions 11 Positions 2 Positions 10 Positions 10 Positions

  • $877,974
  • $714,328
  • $628,518
  • $788,567
  • $737,501
slide-20
SLIDE 20

Compounding Issues

7 Positions 11 Positions 2 Positions 10 Positions 10 Positions

  • $877,974
  • $714,328
  • $628,518
  • $788,567
  • $737,501

School Choice Funding Special Education Costs