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Title: ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE


1
ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
  • Somers Board of Education
  • Proposed Budget
  • 2006-07

2
Guiding 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

3
Budget 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

5
Budget 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
6
Budget Requests Eliminated
- 73K
  • Secretarial Support - 10K
  • SHS NEASC Accreditation - 9K
  • Special Education Para - 18K
  • Pay to Park - 13K
  • Technology Support - 20K
  • MBA Custodian - 3K

7
Current 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

8
2006-07 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
9
2006-07 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

10
State 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
11
Summary
The proposed budget for 2006-07
  • Builds toward goal to achieve educational
    excellence
  • Supports continuous improvement
  • Demonstrates fiscal responsibility

12
Next Steps
  • 5/8 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
  • 5/16 REFERENDUM

13
Somers Public Schools
  • ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
  • 2006-07
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