Transcript Where Does the Money Go? - Haddonfield Public Schools

Where Does the Money Go?
Programs
Debt Service
7.5%
Developmental
0.4%
Plant
10.4%
Expenses
Other
Textbooks & Supplies 7%
1%
Special Education
6%
Operations
4%
Admin
12.8%
Regular Education
50.3%
Cocurricular
1.0%
Athletics
2.5%
Spec Ed
15.1%
Benefits
10%
Salaries
72%
How Do We Compare in Spending to Other
Districts Our Size in New Jersey?
Per Pupil Costs, $
305
264
1104
1129
398
1105
1022
1432
1167
1198
Total Per Pupil Costs
Haddonfield
$9,257
K-12 Our Size
$9,781
K-12 Our Size / Our DFG $10,308
(District Factor Group)
1353
1263
5908
K-12 Our Size
5441
Haddonfield
6249
K-12 Our Size & DFG
Extracurricular
Operations & Maintenance
Administration
Support Services
Classroom Instruction
Data from 2003 Comparative Spending Guide
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/guide/2003/
How Do We Compare in Number of
Teachers & Administrators?
K-12 Our Size
Haddonfield
K-12 Our Size and DFG
Students per
Teacher
13.0
13.7
13.1
DFG: District Factor Group I - Socioeconomic Grouping
Our Size: K-12 District with 1801 to 3500 students
Students per
Administrator
157
167
169
Faculty per
Administrator
13.9
14.1
14.7
Data from 2003 Comparative Spending Guide
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/guide/2003/
Resident Enrollment is Increasing And
Tuition Income is Decreasing
2400
Total Enrollment
Resident Enrollment
2300
2200
2100
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1900
1800
1700
1600
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20
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20
99
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93
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92
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91
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90
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87
19
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86
1500
A “Status Quo” Budget Would Force a 7%
School Tax Increase
0.48%
Benefits
0.45%
Operations
0.29%
Special Education
0.01%
Textbooks
& Supplies
0.32%
Other
4.69%
Salaries
 Current programs are
maintained and no new
programs are added.
 Expense increase is driven by
Salaries and Benefits - 80% of
our budget.
 Tax Increase is higher than
expenses (7% v 6.2%) due to
lower revenues:
 Flat State Aid
 Lower Interest Income
 Lower Tuition Income
 “Status Quo” Is Not Proposed
General Expense Increase Totaling 6.24%
Proposed Budget - 5.47% School Tax Increase
How Did We Get There?
 Reductions to Tax Base Totaling
 General Expense Cuts
 New Revenues
 Reduced Salary Costs through Severance Package
 New “Initiatives” (Additions to Tax Base)
 Two Budget Questions
$493,000
$248,000
$145,000
$100,000
$273,000
General Expense Cuts - $248,000
 High School Business Teacher
$50,000
 Keyboarding and Accounting
 Elementary Spanish
$50,000
 No World Language in Elementary Schools
 Developmental Kindergarten
$25,000
 No DK Program (low enrollment)
 Kindergarten and Local Preschools to fill gap
 10% Cut in Supplies Budget
$50,000
 Postpone purchases
 Reading Recovery Training
$43,000
 Reading Recovery Program remains unchanged
 CST Secretary
$30,000
New Revenues - $145,000
 Middle School Tuition Program
$100,000
 ~154 students in 7th grade next year. Adding 12 tuition students would yield
average class size of 20 to 21.
 ~173 students in 8th grade next year. Adding 5 tuition students would yield
average class size of 22 to 23.
 Middle School Activity Fee
$15,000
 $50/yr and $75/year family cap
 High School Activity Fee
 $100/yr and $150/year family cap
$30,000
New Initiatives - $273,000
 K-12 Curriculum Coordinator (English, SS, World Language)
$50,000
 Expansion of previous K-8 Language Arts Supervisor
 3 High School Facilitator positions eliminated
 0.5 English teacher to full time to address class size
 Elementary Class Size Reduction (3 Elementary Teachers)
$150,000
 Two - 1st Grade Teachers (class size below 20)
 5th Grade Teacher (class size below 27)
 Middle School World Language Teacher Increased Hours
$20,000
 Reduction in French class size from 34 students
 Custodial Services
$33,000
 Support for New Square Footage
 Nursing Services
 Support for Central/Middle School Nurse
$20,000
2nd Question - What is it?
 State has established a formula to calculate the maximum General
Fund expense increase allowed in the budget question on the ballot.
This is called the “cap”.
 Any funds budgeted above the cap have to be put into additional
question(s).
 Our cap for this year equates to a 4.06% school tax increase.
 We are recommending spending $336,000 above the cap. Therefore,
we have a second question.
2nd Question - What’s in it?
Item
Cost
New or Current
Program
High School Guidance Position
50K
Current
Reduction of Services
0.5 Middle School Guidance Position
25K
Current
Reduction of Services
6 High School Asst. Coaches
28K
Current
Potentially Impacts No Cut Policy
Middle School Basketball
27K
Current
Elimination of BB Program
Elementary Strings
20K
Current
Elimination of Strings Program
K-12 Curriculum Coordinator
50K
New
Doesn’t happen
Class Size Reduction Initiative – Two First
Grade Teachers
100K
New
Doesn’t happen
0.5 Custodian
16K
New
Doesn’t happen
Central / Middle Nursing Services
20K
New
Doesn’t happen
Impact if 2nd Question Not Passed
Proposed Budget - 5.47% School Tax Increase
 Proposed Budget: $23,469,217 versus $22,184,984 in 2002.
 Average Assessment of $220,000:
 School Tax Increases from $4,856.57 to $5,122.18
 ~$22/month increase
 Rule of thumb: $10/month increase for every $100,000 assessed
How does the BOE view two questions?
 Not two budgets
 Not one budget and a wish list
 Is one budget separated only by law!