Transcript Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an Independent Site

What’s going to happen?
UHS did not initiate any of the options being discussed that would close a high
school. However, the UHS vision statement has reflected the desire for our own
campus for over fifteen years.
There will, without a doubt, be a need for UHS to discuss the site-specific logistics
of the different cost saving options. We would like to postpone that specific
discussion until a more definite plan has been decided upon.
The stakeholders of UHS need to understand that any decision to merge or close a
school, and whether or not UHS might move to a vacated site, falls to the TUSD
Governing Board and is not a site-based decision. That being said:
The UHS family, and specifically the site council, needs to
be proactive in supporting TUSD in developing and
implementing fiscally responsible and fully sustainable
cost saving options.
What’s going to happen?
Budget cuts have already had a significant impact on all TUSD
schools. Any additional cuts would require even more drastic
reductions in programs. At some point, the fiscal reality of
closing a site will allow more programs to continue and will
provide a stronger school experience for students.
Everyone understands that the closing of any school is going to
be an emotionally charged and politically difficult situation.
Though we are not requesting that any site be shut down, we
want to support options that help the district financially and
support the needs of all of the UHS stake-holding groups.
Cost Saving Options
The primary option that has be presented thus far involves closing
Palo Verde High School and moving both University High School and
Dodge Middle School to the Palo Verde Campus. Since this initial
option was proposed, a number of constituents from various sites
have posited questions about which move would both benefit the
largest number of students and save TUSD the most money; moving
PV students to the Rincon site, or moving Rincon students to the PV
site.
UHS sits in an unique position. If either option is chosen, or if neither
is chosen, we don’t stand to lose anything. A number of UHS
stakeholders have been gathering data and collecting questions that
we hope the Governing board might consider before deciding on
which cost saving option to implement.
Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an
Independent Site
Teaching FTE (currently shared resources with Rincon):
Subject
Current Number of
Approximate FTE
UHS students
utilized (2009-10)
enrolled
Number of
Students
requesting class
(2010-11)
Approximate FTE
needed (2010-11)
Art
(Not including Roediger's
art classes, which
already budgeted)
45
0.4
70
0.6
Orchestra
Choir
69
36
0.4 to 0.6
0.2 to 0.4
0.4
0.2 to 0.4
Drama
70
0.6
55
38
89
PE
30
0.2
Weight
Training
56
0.4
Health
(but Adv Drama was not
on the list)
157
(not including Dance)
0.6 to 0.8
1
99
0.6 to 0.8
148
0.5
(74 per semester)
UHS currently has Shaddonix budgeted for 1.0 FTE for both Health and PE for the 2010-1011 school
year. However, it appears that another position will be required.
Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an
Independent Site
Non Teaching Certified Positions:
•Nurse (could likely be shared with Dodge)
•Special Ed Coordinator (could likely be shared with Dodge)
•Career and Technical Counselor (Provided by District)
•Dean of Students (Provided by District)
•Athletic Director *Can the Dean of Students help with this?*
Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an
Independent Site
Classified Positions:
Blue Collar:
•Custodians
•Engineer/Grounds
•Cafeteria Staff
Other Budget Needs:
•Stipends for Athletics
White Collar:
•Monitors
•Business Office Staff
•Network Tech
Advantages for Moving Either Site
Moving Palo Verde to
the Rincon Site
Moving Rincon to the
Palo Verde Site
UHS is a commodity and students will
likely follow the school no matter where it
moves to.
Rincon is a more centralized campus for
UHS.
Rincon Alumni Group wouldn’t be upset.
Rincon has more schools closer to it
geographically to distribute displaced
students.
2 Sites would move (UHS & Dodge) and
Palo Verde’s student body would move.
Administrative vacancies at Rincon might
decrease the need to dismiss
administrators
1 Site moves (Dodge) and Rincon’s
student body would move.
PV’s Athletic facilities more appropriate
for a 5A school.