Orange County Public Schools

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Orange County Public Schools

• District 3 Town Hall Meeting
• Pine Castle Elementary School
• February 11, 2009

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Agenda

• Orange County district highlights
• The Budget crisis
• State revenue update
• Orange County district budget
• General Fund and revenue forecast
• Questions and answers
• What you can do

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• District Grade A
• 126 A and B schools
• Highest FCAT Reading and Math scores in district
  history
• 13 of Newsweeks Americas Best High Schools
• Graduation rate 74.6
• Dropout rate is 1.5, half the state average

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• Back-to-back state Teacher of the Year finalists
• Superintendent Blocker a community leader
• Winner of 2009 EDC Chairman Award
• 9 most powerful, Orlando Magazine
• 25 most powerful, Orlando Sentinel panel
• OCPS is a Best Place to Work, (OBJ)
• Building Program - every 2002 county school will
  be replaced or renovated by 2018

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Florida Education

• National Grade/Rank B- 10th
• K-12 Achievement C 7th
• Standards/Assessment A- 12th
• Teachers B 4th
• School Finance C- 39th
• Spending F
• Quality Counts, Education Week, Jan. 2009

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State Revenue Update
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What is the Problem?

• State revenues are down
• Housing market continues decline
• Sales tax receipts dropping
• Financial markets unstable
• Unemployment rising
• Utility costs rising
• Property tax reform negative effects

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State Revenue Shortfall2008-09

• June - estimated 1 billion short
• August - estimated 1.5 billion short
• November - estimated 2.2 billion short
• December estimated 2.3 billion short
• 2009-10 Projection - 5.8 billion short

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Orange County District Budget
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How does it affect OCPS?

• School district funding is controlled primarily
  by the State Legislature
• The millage rate for property taxes is set by the
  State Legislature
• What is not funded by local property tax the
  state provides from their general fund
• OCPS has very limited control over either funding
  source

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Two Major Funds

• General (Operating)
• -Salaries and benefits
• -Materials and supplies
• -Utilities, fuel, etc.
• Capital Projects
• -New schools
• -Renovations and remodeling
• -Long-term debt payments

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Budget Constraints

• Operating vs. Capital
• Recurring vs. Non-recurring
• Class Size reduction
• Restricted funds
• Instructional materials, transportation, etc.
• Florida Lottery
• Discretionary
• School recognition

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How many days of the school year do you think
Florida Lottery proceeds pay for in the operation
of Orange County public schools?
Quiz Question

• 1
• 16
• 25
• 30

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General Fund

• Operating Budget

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About how much do you think OCPS receives from
property taxes and the state to spend on each
student in the classroom?
Quiz Question

• 10,300
• 7,500
• 6,900

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What percentage of operating revenue do you think
is budgeted directly to schools?
Quiz Question

• 99
• 88
• 77
• 66

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OCPS Budget Cuts

• This year 70 million
• Mid-year adjustments paid from reserves
• Next year 102 million more
• 172 million is the equivalent of
• 2,867 teachers! (23 of all teachers)

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2008-2009 Budget Cuts

• District Budgets 7
• Facilities, 2.8 million - Operations, 5.4
  million Curriculum, 820,000 - Finance 605,000,
  among others
• School Budgets 6
• Elementary, 200,000 - 300,000
• Middle, 350,000 - 450,000
• High, 700,000 - 1,300,000

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Lowest administrative expenditures per student of
any urban school district
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What OCPS is Doing

• Superintendents Budget Study Committee
• Report by end of February
• Cost-savings ideas from the public, students and
  employees

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Budget Study Topics

• Reduce learning communities (6 to 5) 680,000
• Reduce courier service 160,000
• De-centralize/consolidate Maintenance 2.8M
• Merge small elementary schools (close 5-8) 5M
  to 8M
•  Close Robert Hungerford Prep early 1.2M
•  Limit summer school to recovery classes 1.05M 

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Budget Study Topics

• Shift administrators to 11-mo. contracts 4.1M
• Reduce summer extended contracts for teachers
  1.35M
• Eliminate district-funded special field trips
  882,690
•  Reduce/eliminate Athletics 7.3M
•  Furlough administrators 607,000
•  Increase class size formula by two students 30M

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Budget Study Topics

• Reorganize Human Resources 939,000
• Postpone language arts textbook adoption 9.0M
• Eliminate elementary school magnet busing
  800,000
• Adjust employee benefits TBD
• Eliminate elem. and middle media specialists
  10.6M
• Eliminate social workers, district-wide 3M
• To be continued

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Where to cut an OCPS Elementary Budget?

• Instructional Support
• Media Specialist 67,632
• Guidance Counselor 64,233
• Guidance Clerk 21,118
• Resource Teacher 65,573
• Resource Teacher CCT/Reading 65,573
• ESE Staffing/Placement (.5) 32,915
• Technology Support Rep 50,155
• Administration
• Principal 110,939
• Secretary/Bookkeeper 45,344
• Registrar 37,330
• School Clerk 31,156

• Instruction
• Classroom Teachers (25) 1,474,675
• PE (1), Music (1), Art (1) 176,961
• Basic Paraprofessionals (3) 59,259
• ESOL Paraprofessional 19,753
• Supplements 19,607
• Substitutes 30,000
• Copier 6,000
• Supplies 25,000
• Technology and repair 7,000
• Contingency 35,375

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Where to cut an OCPS Elementary Budget?
Summary Instructional
1,853,630 Instructional Support 367,199 Administr
ation 224,809 Operations 284,077 Restricted
Categoricals 529,644 TOTAL 3,259,319

• Operations
• Custodians (3 basic, 1 resident) 114,726
• Health Assistant 21,706
• Utilities 145,645
• Supplies 2,000
• Restricted Categoricals
• Class size teachers (7)/subs 421, 178
• Instructional materials 56,416
• DARE 5,500
• Resource Teacher-Reading (.5) 32,787
• SAI 7,877
• School Improvement 5,886

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Which of these has the least severe impact on
student education?
Quiz Question

• Cut Elementary magnet busing
• Limit summer school
• Cut district sponsored field trips

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Which of these has the least severe impact on
student education?
Quiz Question

• Increase class size by 2 or 3
• Cut district sponsored field trips
• Cut Elementary magnet busing

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Which of these has the least severe impact on
student education?
Quiz Question

• Merge small elementary schools
• Reduce/cut Athletics
• Increase class size by 2 or 3

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QUESTIONS?
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Recap

• The bucks stop here
• in Orange County
• They start in Tallahassee

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Needed from Legislators
Send more money
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Needed from Legislators

• Support flexibility and adequate funding in the
  education budget
• Support local control for school boards
• Suspend unfunded or underfunded mandates that are
  not critical to classroom
• Support school-wide averages in Class Size
  Reduction requirements
• Support penalty waivers for two years

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What You Can Do

• Write Call Email Visit
• your legislators
• www.leg.state.fl.us
• Be courteous and respectful
• Support your school in any way you can
• Share your concerns with others and advocate
  together to preserve Orange Countys A-rated
  school system

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QUESTIONS?
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• Thank you for your attention!
• E-Mail Judge.Roach_at_ocps.net
• Public Information 407.317.FIND (3463)
• www.ocps.net