Discussion and Final Recommendations for Propositions

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Discussion and Final Recommendations for
Propositions

• March 26, 2007

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Bus Purchase

• Options
• Bus Proposition or
• Add to the expenditure budget
• Include the cost of the three busses, 135,000,
  in our 07 08 budget
• Increases superintendents recommended
  expenditure budget by .32
• Superintendent's recommended budget percentage
  increases from 3.89 to 4.21

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Proposition 3

• Shall the proposition set forth in the notice of
  the Annual District Meeting, authorizing the
  Board of Education to acquire three (3) school
  buses at a maximum cost not to exceed 135,000
  providing that 135,000 be raised by the levy of
  a tax to be collected in annual installments,
  with obligations of the District to be issued in
  anticipation thereof, be approved?

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Proposition 2

• That the Board of Education of the
  Scotia-Glenville Central School District is
  hereby authorized to establish a reserve fund
  pursuant to Education Law 3651, to be known as
  The Facility and Recreation Field Construction,
  Reconstruction, Alteration and Renovation Fund.
  The purpose of the Fund shall be to segregate and
  set aside funds for the purpose of construction,
  reconstruction, alteration or renovation of
  buildings and recreation areas in the District.
  The ultimate amount of the Fund shall be one
  million and five hundred thousand dollars
  (1,500,000) and the probable term of the Fund
  shall be ten years. The sources from which said
  funds are to be obtained are transfers from the
  districts unexpended fund balance of the General
  Fund, and transfers from other Reserve funds of
  the District, to the extent such transfers are
  authorized and permitted by law. The Board of
  Education is hereby further authorized to deposit
  in said fund the amount of one million and five
  hundred thousand dollars (1,500,000).

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Options

• Reduce term and/or amount of proposition
• Reduce debt
• Increase expenditure budget and target dollars
  for specific purposes (i.e. one or two elementary
  school roofs and Glendaals playground)
• Increase appropriated fund balance

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Scotia-Glenville Central School District

• 2007 2008
• Budget Development Continued
• Catch-Up Items, Physical Education and
  Athletics
• 03/26/07

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Middle and High School

• 6.5 hr./day Teaching Assistant for Middle School
• Information Requested
• .4 FTE Physical Education Teacher
• Information Requested
• 7 hr./day Building Monitor
• Under further discussion

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6.5 hr./day Teaching Assistant

• Provides staffing for a Time-Out Room in
  conjunction with the v for Success program
• Teaching Assistant will work with students who
  have been removed from a particular class as well
  as students who are suspended
• Inappropriate student behaviors may be more
  readily addressed
• Budgeted 12,302 (net cost)

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.4 FTE Physical Education Teacher

• Enables the district to provide additional
  offerings of physical education which will better
  accommodate student interests
• Enables the district to increase elective
  offerings from the current one period a day
• This proposal is coupled with an elementary
  school staffing request for .2 FTE (a total .6
  FTE)
• Budgeted 24,493
• Total Budget for .2 FTE and .4 FTE 36,739

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7 hr./day Building Monitor

• Additional position will help address safety
  concerns in areas of physical plant and student
  supervision
• Increases number of periods a monitor is
  available to respond to needs in any part of the
  school
• Budget 22,002

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Technology Recommendations

• Replacement Equipment
• Budget 30,000
• Equipment
• Budget 20,000
• Supplies
• Budget 5,000
• Technology Staff Development
• Budget 3,000

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Facilities

• Additional Painter which will increase efficiency
  and enable more work to be completed
• Budgeted 51,667
• Additional Cleaner to meet the demands of
  building use and square footage needing cleaning
• Budgeted 34,388

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Central Registrar

• Register all new students
• Coordinate with schools to exit all students in
  SASI
• Maintain accuracy of all student data in SASI and
  AISM (SASI data feeds a number of smaller
  systems)
• Reconcile NYSSIS ( New York State Student
  Identification System ) ID numbers
• Conduct annual census
• Assist in collection and reporting of required
  student data to the NYS data warehouse
• Cross-train to provide support to payroll
• Additional duties in human resource processes at
  district office
• Collect taxes for the Town of Amsterdam and Town
  of Charlton
• Budgeted 40,385

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Continuing Our Discussion.

• Recommendations
• For
• Athletics

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Athletics

• Modified Lacrosse
• Provide modified lacrosse program for 7th and 8th
  grade students
• Program is running this spring with the support
  of the Scotia-Glenville Booster Club and
  donations of equipment
• 46 students are participating
• Budgeted 4,500

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Athletics Continued

• Intramural Increase
• 1,500 for the high school which currently has no
  intramural money
• 1,294 for the elementary schools to expand
  existing programs
• Budgeted 2,794
• Supplies (Uniforms)
• Budgeted 5,000

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Next Week..

• Finalize and Adopt 2007 2008 Budget