Montesano School District

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Montesano School District

• Budget Discussion Forum
• 2009

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Goals

• Present the state of Montesano School District
  finances
• Discuss possible ways to become financially
  healthy
• Listen to ideas and suggestions

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Fund Balance Data

• Year Fund Balance
• 97/98 -423,324.
• 98/99 -61,193.
• 99/00 314,518.
• 00/01 495,787.
• 01/02 159,210.
• 02/03 92,612.
• 03/04 87,781.
• 04/05 222,188.
• 05/06 312,287.
• 06/07 60,086.
• 07/08 -49,587.

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Cost Trends

• 2005 to present

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Revenues

• Year Budgeted Received Difference
• 05/06 9,971,801. 9,752,188.
  -219,613.
• 06/07 10,322,025. 10,145,878.
  -176,147.
• 07/08 11,005,408. 10,878,262.
  -127,146.
• 08/09 11,602,869.

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Expenditures

• School Year Budgeted Actual
  Difference
• 05/06 9,870,553. 9,662,089
  208,464.
• 06/07 10,388,379. 10,398,078.
  9,699.
• 07/08 10,925,494. 10,987,944.
  62,450.
• 08/09 11,571,687.
• Percentage increase of spending
• From 05/06 to 06/07 7.6
• From 06/07 to 07/08 5.7

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Enrollment

• School year Budgeted Actual
  Revenue per FTE
• 05/06 1165 1243
  4,438.
• 06/07 1152 1186
  4,670.
• 07/08 1120 1238
  4,919.
• 08/09 1195 1253 (thru
  Dec.)5,293.

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Possible Reasons

• Last years increase of fuel costs
• Increase utility costs
• Food cost increase
• Equipment failures
• Extra days for teachers
• Increases for health benefits
• Cost of living increases

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State Monitor

• Educational Service District (ESD) 113 meets with
  us monthly to oversee contracts, staffing,
  expenditures
• School Board will set a goal for a fund balance
• 2-3 year process

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Stimulus Package

• There are many forecasts however the end result
  is not known for education
• Possibilities IDEA (special education), Title I
  (struggling in reading math)

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What are we doing this year?

• Reassign 6th grade teacher to kindergarten
• Combination 5th/6th grade classroom
• No field trips
• Suspend math textbook adoption
• Will not hire additional baseball, softball and
  volleyball coaches
• No administrative travel
• Use the website for communication
• Lower amount of printing costs
• Conserve energy costs
• Find a new phone system
• Reassign 1 district office staff to fill vacancy
  at Jr/Sr High
• Reduce Community Education Program
• Cancel Saturday School
• Cancel 2nd semester Drivers Education

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State Forecast

• Reality is the legislative budget will be
  detailed between April to June
• I-728 is being heavily considered (5-6 teachers)
• I-732 is most likely gone (cost of living)
• Legislature is considering a shorter year

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Montesano School Districts Challenge

• Build a positive, stable fund balance
• Prepare for state cuts
• Continue to provide quality programs for students

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Possible items to be considered

• Pay to Play Athletics (revenue estimate _at_50.00
  per athlete per sport31,500.)
• C-squad sports 16,000.
• Junior High sports 55,500.
• Highly Capable 28,000.
• English Language Learners 10,000.
• Full-Day Kindergarten 162,000.
• Advanced Placement 60,000.
• Transportation Supervisor 39,000.

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• Community Education 25,000.
• In-house suspension 23,500.
• Saturday School 2,000.
• Reduce staffing class offerings
• We estimate to cut between 500,000 to 1 million
  from next years budget.

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We would like to hear your suggestions and ideas.

• Thank you for attending!