Middleborough Public Schools Middleborough, Massachusetts

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Middleborough Public SchoolsMiddleborough,
Massachusetts

• FY10 Budget Presentation to Board of Selectmen
• April 27, 2009

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FY10 School Department Budget Presentation April
27, 2009

• Strategic Plan 2006 2010
• Recent Past Budget History
• FY04 FY09 Budget History
• FY06, FY07, FY08 Budget Recommendations/Final
  Appropriations
• Review of the impact of the reduction to the
  FY08 budget
• Explanation of Major Expense Categories with FY
  07-09 Budget
• Special Education Overview
• FY98-FY08 Special Education as a Percentage of
  Budget with State Average detailed
• Chart of above

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FY10 School Department Budget Presentation April
27, 2009

• What Financial Information is Known
• Town Managers Forecast
• School Departments Budget Requirements
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• (ARRA) Funding Allocations
• Stabilization Funds
• IDEA (Special Education) Funds
• Title I Funds
• What Financial Information is Unclear
• FY10 State Aid
• ARRA Stabilization Funds Allocation
• ARRA Advisories for use of IDEA and Title I
  funds
• FY10 School Department Budget
• FY10 Recovery Budget and Level Service Budget
• FY09 Budget Appropriation and FY10 Level Service
  Budget
• 3 ½ Reduction of Level Services Budget
• Potential minimum impact of 3 ½ Reduction

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FY10 Budget Public Hearing

• Note On Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 730 p.m. in
  the John T. Nichols, Jr. Middle School
  Auditorium, the School Department FY10 Budget
  Public Hearing will be held. A public hearing on
  the School Department budget is required by
  M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 38N.

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Strategic Plan Goals

• 1. Communication
• To continue to enhance communications with
  students, staff, families, community, and
  government.

• 2. Teaching and Learning
• To maintain high expectations for all students
  and staff.

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Strategic Plan Goals

• 3. Resources
• To pursue, secure, and integrate resources to
  benefit our schools.

• 4. Facilities
• To ensure facilities meet program and population
  needs.

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Budget History FY04 FY09
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FY06-FY08 Budget Requests vs. Town Appropriations
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FY08

• Review of the impact of the reduction to the
  School Department FY08 budget.

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Result of the FY08 School Budget Appropriation

• An increase in class sizes at the elementary,
  middle, and high school levels
• Decreased resources to address MCAS and AYP
  concerns at the Burkland School, the Middle
  School and High School
• Less individual attention available for our
  needy/at-risk students
• Reduced guidance staff at the High School
• Elimination of library services at Grades 1-5
• A reduction in funding for preventative
  maintenance, supplies and materials, and
  contracted services
• Establishment of fees for athletics and
  after-school activities/clubs
• Reduced administrative staffing

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Result of the FY08 School Budget
AppropriationMajor Budget Categories (not
including salaries)

• The major impacts from reductions in the Major
  Categories (Non-Salary) of our operational budget
  that are not personnel (salary) based are
• Severe shortages in ordinary supplies and
  materials (paper, office supplies, ink
  cartridges, copier supplies)
• No new adoption of textbooks
• Less materials to support the newly adopted
  elementary mathematics program
• Severe reduction of professional development
  opportunities
• Only emergency (life/safety) maintenance issues
  can be addressed
• Limited funds available to move forward with
  Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and Performance
  Improvement Mapping (PIM) action plans
• Inability to move forward with elements of School
  Improvement Plans

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Result of the FY08 School Budget Appropriation

• Reducing 34 staff members was approximately an 8
  cut to our total staff.

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Result of the FY08 School Budget Appropriation

• District-Wide
• Reduced 20 Stipend Positions
• Reduced custodial services
• Reduced Administrative Positions by 4
• Reduced the Athletic Budget
• Reduced Services of the Technology Department
• Reduced Nurse Staffing by one

• High School
• Foreign Language (0.5)
• Home Economics (0.5)
• Mathematics Teacher (1)
• Science Teacher (0.5)
• Special Education Teacher (1)
• Educational Support Personnel Alternative
  Program (2)
• Reduced a number of stipend positions (Safety
  Assistants)
• Eliminated the Supply Coordinator position (1)

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Result of the FY08 School Budget Appropriation

• Middle School
• English Teacher (1)
• Mathematics Teacher (1)
• Special Education Teacher (1)
• Reading Teacher (1)
• Science Teacher (1)
• Social Studies Teacher (1)
• Grade 6 Position (1)

• Elementary K - 5
• Grades K-5 Teachers (6)
• Mathematics Specialist 3-5 (1)
• Library Media Specialist (1)
• Physical Education Teacher (0.5)
• Educational Support Personnel (6)
• Eliminated Supply Coordinator positions

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Result of the FY08 School Budget Appropriation

• A user fee of 175 was implemented to participate
  in High School athletics. An activity fee was
  implemented to participate in the Burkland and
  Nichols Intramural programs. The following teams
  and programs were eliminated the Nichols Middle
  School, Basketball (girls and boys), baseball and
  softball, and cheerleading teams and the High
  School freshman football, freshman basketball,
  freshman baseball and freshman softball teams

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SPECIAL EDUCATION as a of BUDGET
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SPECIAL EDUCATION as a of BUDGET
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FY10 School Department Budget Presentation April
27, 2009

• What Financial Information is Known
• Town Managers Forecast
• School Departments Budget Requirements
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• (ARRA) Funding Allocations
• Stabilization Funds
• IDEA (Special Education) Funds
• Title I Funds
• What Financial Information is Unclear
• FY10 State Aid
• ARRA Stabilization Funds Allocation
• ARRA Advisories for use of IDEA and Title I
  funds
• FY10 School Department Budget
• FY10 Recovery Budget and Level Service Budget
• FY09 Budget Appropriation and FY10 Level Service
  Budget
• 3 ½ Reduction of Level Services Budget
• Potential minimum impact of 3 ½ Reduction

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

• Potential Funding
• State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  (IDEA)
• ESEA Title I

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

• Potential Funding
• ESEA Title IID (educational technology) 50
  percent will be entitlement grants and 50 percent
  will be competitive grants. Initial allocations
  for the entitlement and competitive grants will
  be released this fall.
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Program
  competitive awards
• National School Lunch Program Priority will be
  given to schools in which at least 50 percent of
  the students are eligible for free or
  reduced-price meals

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FY10 Level Service Budget
A Recovery Budget would begin the process of
restoring several positions and program and
services cut in FY08. A Level Service Budget
will maintain the FY08 reductions in staffing,
programs and services.
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Draft FY10 Level Service Budget
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3 ½ Reduction of a FY10 Level Service Budget
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3 ½ reduction of FY10 Level Service
appropriation
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• 3 ½ Reduction of a FY10 Level Service Budget
• Personnel Reduction

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Impact of 3 ½ Reduction Personnel

• A reduction of over 900,000 will result in over
  19 staff cuts
• Potential Areas of reduction
• Secondary Content Area Teachers
• Elementary Teachers
• Support Personnel throughout the district
• Administrative Support

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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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Impact of a 3 ½ ReductionClass Size
ComparisonFY09 - FY10
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FY10 School Department Budget Presentation April
27, 2009

• Conclusion
• Reminder of May 7, 2009 Public Hearing
• Town cuts need to be fair and equitable for all
  Town Departments. Based on a recent FY10 Budget
  presentation by the Town Manager to the Board of
  Selectmen, it was suggested, in regards to staff
  cuts, that its more likely to see a reduction
  in hours as opposed to whole people. At a
  minimum the School Department is facing 19 staff
  cuts a number that could potentially exceed 30.