Seven Oaks School Division No' 10

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2007-2008 Budget Presentation
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Agenda

• Welcome Introductions Bill McGowan
• Divisional Priorities Budget
  Overview Brian OLeary
• Discussion Brian OLeary
• Concluding Comments Bill McGowan

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Mission Statement
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Our Schools

• K -5 École Belmont
• Collicutt
• École Constable Edward
  Finney
• Forest Park
• Governor Semple
• École James Nisbet
• Margaret Park
• R. F. Morrison
• École Riverbend
• Victory

• K 8 A. E. Wright Community
• Elwick Community
• O. V. Jewitt
• West St. Paul
• 6 8 H. C. Avery Middle
• École Leila North Community
• École Seven Oaks Middle
• 9 12 Garden City Collegiate
• Maples Collegiate
• West Kildonan Collegiate

French Immersion Hebrew
Bilingual Ukrainian Bilingual
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Seven Oaks School Division Enrolment Summary
Projected.
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Metro Enrolment Trends
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A Successful Start to School

• Advancing Community Schools
• -pre-school literacy activities
• -parent child centers
• -early years home/schools projects
• -community coordinators
• Ongoing Initiatives
• -parenting programs (FAST)
• -accessible day care(new daycare at WKCI)
• -transportation from day care
• -Village Centre Elwick
• -Teen Family Resource Program
• -expansion of before and after school programs
  added at Collicutt, Belmont, and R. F.
  Morrison

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A Healthy Active Adolescence

• Keeping Children Active and Involved
• -Renewed focus on fitness health initiatives
• -MYAC - Maples Youth Activity Center
• -KYAC - Kildonan Youth Activity Center
• -Keeping Balance
• -Lighthouse Program - Victory School
• -EDGE - Extended Day for Growth and Education
• -Everyone Plays Athletics
• -Participation Band, Art and Choral programs
• -Teacher Advisor programs
• -Anti-Smoking Education and Cessation Activities

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A Positive Transition to Work Higher Education

• - Post Secondary Entrance Rate
• - Career Education
• - CUB, College and University Bound program
• - First Year Now
• -English
• -Calculus
• -Biology
• -Psychology
• -Sociology
• -French Immersion
• - Multimedia - Maples
• - Garden City

• - Power Mechanics Maples
• - Cooperative Vocational Education
• - Health Care Aide
• - Tourism
• - Hospitality - Food Service
• - Materials Fabrication
• - Aircraft Maintenance
• - Information Technology West Kildonan
• - Service Learning
• - Teacher Advisory Programs

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The Support That Students Need to Succeed

• Inclusive approach Almost all students with
  special needs are supported in regular
  classrooms in their community schools.
• SOSD Video
• Paraprofessional support - 192 Teacher
  Assistants
• Guidance and Resource teachers in every school
• Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy (expanded
  in 2006-07)
• Phys Ed and Music specialists
• Aboriginal Liaison Workers and mentors
• Special Needs Teacher Team Leaders assist with
  planning for funded students
• Educational and Clinical Support Services
  (speech and language, social work, psychology)

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Budget Planning Initiatives

• Educational resources directed to the classroom
• Energy-Efficiency, Environmental Control
• Lighting Upgrades
• Technology Support
• division is fully upgraded in 06/07
• introducing wireless laptop carts
• 5 year replacement cycle implemented
• Natural Gas Conversion
• Maintenance Cost Reductions
• Transportation Planning
• Facilities Improvements
• Flooring and painting
• windows and doors
• open area conversions
• electrical upgrades, cabling, and wireless network

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Budget Planning Initiatives

• Facility Planning
• New West Kildonan Collegiate construction is
  underway
• - opening planned for January, 2008
• WKC site plan, floor plan
• West Kildonan area middle years
• - Community consultation April/07
• Longer Term Garden City Collegiate upgrade
• GCC site rendering
• GCC floor plan

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Reassessment and Mill Rates
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Seven Oaks Expenditures per PupilVersus the
Provincial Average
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Class Sizes in Seven Oaks
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Seven Oaks Pupil Educator Ratio

• Total students divided by total teachers
  (includes non-classroom teachers).

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The Impact of Assessment
Based on 2006/07 FRAME budget.
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The Impact of Funding
Based on 2006/07 FRAME budget.
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Urban School Division 2006 Mill Rates per
Frame Budget
Without equalization With full equalization
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Draft 2007 2008 Budget Highlights

• Special Levy is up 1.17 or 13.81 on a home
  assessed at 100,000.
• 5.2 funding increase (budget to actual).
• 4.5 expenditure increase is driven by, increased
  enrolment, budgeted salary benefit increases,
  increased capital expenditures, classroom
  computer purchases and increased occupational
  physiotherapists services.
• Teaching positions 10 additional positions
  (685,000) related to increased enrolment.

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Transportation Fees by Division
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Extra Costs to Parents Family with two
Elementary Students
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Budget Notes

• Projected 2.0 million Accumulated Reserve
  (2.6), as at June 30, 2007, was accumulated by
• not spending amounts budgeted for contingencies
• Capital Fund
• Profits from sale of Swinford property
• Transfer of funds from Reserve
• One time capital upgrades

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Budget Notes

• Planned capital fund expenditures
• enhancements for the new West Kildonan
  Collegiate over and above provincial support
• Randy Bachman student commons
• Larger gym (sq. ft. increased by 29 - funded by
  SOSD)
• 4 acre athletic field and track
• Cash flow management to reduce financing costs
• Contingency for unanticipated costs (utilities,
  mold abatement).

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Land Holdings

• The division has investments in land of
• Lot Size
• Future Riverbend School site 10.30 acres
• Former Parkdale School Site 5.008 acres
• Former John Black School Site 2.203 acres
• Future Amber Trails School Site 5.635 acres
• Former Emesville School Site 4.620 acres
• Kingsbury Site .100 acres

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Provincial Funding as a Percent of Expenditures
Percentages shown do not reflect Provincial
contributions capital projects or teacher
pension costs.
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Your Property Tax Bill
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