Title: ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
1 ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
- Somers Board of Education
- Proposed Budget
- 2006-07
2Guiding Principles To Foster Student Achievement
- To maintain a safe and healthy environment
- To enhance and improve programs
- To recruit and retain quality staff
- To support continuous professional development
- To ensure fiscal responsibility
3Budget by Category 2006-07
16,937,624
Health Services - 0.8
Capital Outlay 0.1
Student Activities - 1.1
Transportation - 3.5
Plant Operation - 7.8
Instruction 46.2
General Control - 9.7
Fixed Charges 17.1
Special Education - 13.7
4 Budget Category Comparison
- Category 2005-06 2006-07 Chng Chng
- Instruction 7,654,934 7,833,531
178,597 2.3 - Special Education 2,127,245 2,322,830 195,585 9.2
- Fixed Charges 2,685,098 2,904,870 219,772
8.2 - General Control 1,532,283 1,636,784
104,501 6.8 - Plant Operation 1,237,393 1,324,083 86,690 7.0
- Transportation 559,855 587,505 27,650 4.9
- Student Activities 151,021 178,773 27,752 18.4
- Health Services 135,825 140,148 4,323 3.2
- Capital Outlay 9,100 9,100
0 0 - TOTAL 16,092,754 16,937,624 844,870 5.25
5Budget Reductions by Category
- Category BOE 6.24 BOF 5.25 Chng
- Instruction 7,907,491 7,833,531 -73,960
- Special Education 2,342,630 2,322,830 -19,800
- Fixed Charges 2,909,870 2,904,870 -5,000
- General Control 1,677,034 1,636,784
-40,250 - Plant Operation 1,330,663 1,324,083 -6,580
- Transportation 587,505 587,505 0
- Student Activities 192,547 178,773 -13,774
- Health Services 140,228 140,148 -80
- Capital Outlay 9,100
9,100 0 - TOTAL 17,097,068 16,937,624 -159,444
Impacts current services critical support
requests
6Budget Requests Eliminated
- 73K
- Secretarial Support - 10K
- SHS NEASC Accreditation - 9K
- Special Education Para - 18K
- Pay to Park - 13K
- Technology Support - 20K
- MBA Custodian - 3K
7Current Service Reductions
- 86.4K
- SES Leaps and Bounds - 22.5K
- SHS .6 FTE Teaching Staff - 27K
- Textbooks - 20.6K
- Supplies - 9.5K
- Pension - 5K
- Preschool Tuition - 1.8K
82006-07 Budget Building Blocks to Achieving
Excellence 5.25
91 of Increase Due to Fixed Costs
- Contractual Obligations 373 K
- Fuel/Electricity 85 K
- Competitively bid with the town
- Insurance 220 K
- Rate increase 10 - 15
- Special Education 94 K
- Increase of 4 disabled students into regular
classrooms - Staff needed to meet NCLB and Fed/State Mandates
- (0.6) FTE Teacher (2) paraprofessionals
- Additional outplacement student
772 K
92006-07 Budget Building Blocks to Achieving
Excellence 5.25
9 of Increase to address Safety, Strategic
Plan, District growth impacts
- Athletic Trainer - 15K
- Assistant X-Country Coach - 2K
- Technology Support - 20K
- SHS Curriculum Specialist Teacher Plan completion
.4 FTE - 15K - SHS staff .2 FTE World Language - 9K
- MBA custodian .4 FTE - 12K
10State Ranking 2004-05 Per Pupil Expenditures
- PPE RANK
- Canaan 15,359 1
- East Granby 11,316 45
- Windsor Locks 10,715 61
- State Average 10,672
- Vernon 10,401 77
- ERG C 10,125
- Stafford 9,847 110
- Enfield 9,440 129
- Ellington 9,227 142
- Somers 9,151 146
- East Windsor 8,907 157
- Wolcott 8,070 169
Somers YR2000 rank was 120
11Summary
The proposed budget for 2006-07
- Builds toward goal to achieve educational
excellence - Supports continuous improvement
- Demonstrates fiscal responsibility
12Next Steps
- 5/8 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
- 5/16 REFERENDUM
13Somers Public Schools
- ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
- 2006-07