SY 21 Charles Sumner School January 8, 2020 What is Weighted - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parent Council Budget Presentation SY 21

Charles Sumner School

January 8, 2020

What is Weighted Student Funding?

Weighted Student Funding (WSF) is BPS’s current way to distribute resources to schools based on a per pupil allocation with the dollars following students, instead of a program, school, or building. “Weighted student funding is more equitable, transparent and predictable.” per BPS

Projected Numbers Determine Enrollment → Enrollment Drives Budget → Budget Drives Staffing →

Budget Lines

Fund 100: General Fund

• Money from Weighted

Student Funding

• Used Primarily for Staffing

Fund 200: Specific Population needs/Grants

• Supplies ($55-$65/student)
• Substitutes ($168 * 9 days per

FTE teacher)

• English as a Second Language

needs

• Stipends, if possible

Budget given to principals 12/12/19. A balanced budget must be finalized by January 13, 2020

Projections (calculated across 5 years….)

• 1. Maintain current 30 classrooms & strands
• 2. Overall projected to be 524 students in Fall 2020
• a. (as of Jan 2020, we are 529 students)
• 3. 86% filled….. We are not fully funding every

classroom because each student = $$ Example: Kindergarten class has 18 students when 22 seats available = short $34,816 for 4 unfilled seats (each K student = $8,704)

Projections (calculated across 5 years….) Drop in enrollment: K2 - Grade 2 General Education = loss of 10 students versus 25 projected last year Grades 3 - 5 General Education = loss of 16 versus 6 projected last year K2 and Grade 1 SEI-Spanish: smaller cohorts, current K2 SEI started at only 8 students!

Projections (calculated across 5 years….)

Middle of the road enrollment….. Inclusion = 29 of 35 seats expected to be full versus 31/41 seats filled last year Strong enrollment….. Specialized programs = Learning Disabled projected to be almost full

District investments and cost associated

• 1. All Kindergarten classrooms must have full

time classroom paraprofessionals = $40K each

• 2. All schools must have full time nurses = we

already have this

• 3. All teacher and paraprofessional salaries

have increased by 7-12%: school pays for it

Compliance requirements & cost associated

• 1. Supplies = $29K
• 2. Substitutes = $59K
• 3. 2 ESL teachers = $202K
• 4. 1.5 Resource Room teachers = $151K
• 5. Special Education Coordinator
• 6. Secretary
• 7. Physical Education for every student

Bottom Line

Although our overall allocation is $5.1 million, that doesn’t cover the salary increases & loss of 26 students….. = deficit of $161,000

School Site Council’s Role

The SSC reviews, comments, and signs off on the budget to ensure it is balanced and aligned to the Quality School Plan (QSP).

So what will we be able to fund next year?

• Current 30 classroom configuration of 3 - 5

homeroom teachers per grade level ■ Some smaller classroom sizes like this year

• Specialists for students but not extra blocks like now

○ Required to have 6.6 specialists not the 8.2 we have now

What might we not be able to fund next year?

• 1.0 Specialist
• Assistant Principal
• Compliance paraprofessionals but not extras
• Community Field Coordinator

What are the next steps?

• See what we can advocate for this winter/spring
• “Development” arm to write grants
• Public relations to increase our enrollment
• Communication with departing families so we can

enroll another student before the District does Oct 1 student “count” for next year’s $$$

Budget Collaborative - January 2019 Principal meets with central office departments to ensure that the budget meets the needs of all students.

Probable Org - February 2019

Principal meets with Office of Human Capital (OHC) and

• ther central office departments to review staffing

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