Woodland Hills School District

1
Woodland Hills School District

• 2006-2007 Budget Presentation

2
Mission Statement

• Woodland Hills School District makes students it
  first priority. The District provides each
  student with an excellent educational experience
  that is driven by the highest expectations and
  prepares students for meaningful participation in
  all facets of society.

3
Student Body Demographics

• Population 50,893
• 16 are age 5 19
• 5,177 students
• 462 teachers
• Three Primary Schools
• Three Intermediate Schools
• Two Junior High Schools
• One High School

• Households 23,293
• Median Household Income - 23,293
• Located in 12 municipalities
• Eastern Allegheny County

4
High School located at 2440 Greensburg Pike, Pgh
PA 15221

• 2 Co-Principals 3 Asst Principals
• 1742 students
• 198 teachers
• 208 courses including 12 AP 4 Advanced
• Ranked 635 in best high schools in America by
  Newsweek, 2003

5
East Junior High in Turtle Creek, PA West
Junior High in Swissvale, PA
6
Junior High Schools Grade 7 8

• East Junior High
• 126 Monroeville Blvd. Turtle Creek, PA 15145
• 1Principal 1 Asst Principal
• 316 students
• 33 teachers
• Smaller of the two Junior High Schools

• West Junior High
• 7600 Evans Street Swissvale, PA 15218
• 1 Principal 1 Asst Principal
• 567 students
• 51 teachers

7
Intermediate Schools Dickson, Fairless, Rankin
8
Intermediate Schools Grades 4-6

• Dickson Intermediate School
• Shoyer Ave, Swissvale, PA 15218
• 1 Principal
• 442 students
• 31 teachers
• Fairless Intermediate School
• 531 Jones Ave, N. Braddock, PA 15104
• 1 Principal
• 416 students
• 29 teachers
• Rankin Intermediate School
• Fourth Mound St, Rankin, PA 15104
• 1 Principal
• 275 students
• 23 teachers

9
Primary Schools Wilkins, Edgewood, Shaffer
10
Primary Schools Grades K-3

• Wilkins Primary School
• 362 Churchill Rd, Wilkins Twp, PA 15235
• 1 Principal
• 484 students
• 34 teachers
• Edgewood Primary School
• 241 Maple Street, Edgewood, PA 15218
• 1 Principal
• 599 students
• 38 teachers
• Shaffer Primary School
• 37 Garden Terrace, Churchill, PA 15221
• 1 Principal
• 336 students
• 25 teachers

11
Act 72 Budgeting Process

• Budgeting begins earlier
• January 26, 2006-Deadline for preliminary budget
  proposal to be available for public inspection
• February 15, 2006-Last day for the District to
  adopt a preliminary budget

12
Budgetary Process

• February 20, 2006-Deadline to submit the
  preliminary budget to PA Dept.of Education

13
Budgeting Process Step 1

• Planning Phase
• Develop a timeline for new regulations
• Define staffing needs
• Collect student stakeholders data

14
Budgeting Process Step 2

• Preparation Phase
• Analyze ytd expenses and enrollment projections
• Project revenues to be received from all sources
• Project expenditures for the budgetary period

15
Budgetary Objectives

• Meet the No Child Left Behind mandate to continue
  to improve Adequate Yearly Progress
• Leverage Grant Funding with Local Revenue to
  strengthen instructional programs
• Incorporate plans for addressing future facility
  needs
• Fulfill all contractual obligations

16
Preliminary Budget

• Revenues

17
Revenue Sources

• Local 46,361,292
• State 24,199,814
• Federal 4,545,438
• Other 5,000
• Total 75,111,544

18
Local Revenue Sources

• Real Estate Tax
• Earned Income Tax
• Transfer Tax
• Revenue Recd from other Public Schools
• Tuition from Patrons
• Contributions
• Interest Income

19
Increase in Local Revenue

• The local revenue stream is stabilized. We expect
  an increase of 1,323,430 in revenue over the
  previous budgetary period due a better collection
  of both current and delinquent taxes.

20
State Revenue Sources

• Basic Educational Subsidy
• Special Educational Subsidy
• State Vocational Ed Subsidy
• Transportation Subsidy
• PA Accountability Block Grant
• EAP-Tutorial Asst Grant
• Rental Subsidy
• Social Security Subsidy
• Retirement Subsidy
• Charter School Subsidy

21
Increase in State Revenue

• In the past, the Commonwealth legislators voted
  to increase school subsidy funding in each
  Commonwealth Budget. It is our expectation they
  will increase the subsidy again. In the
  aggregate we are expecting a conservative
  increase of 1,757,766 over the previous year.

22
Federal Revenue Sources

• Title I
• Title II
• Title V
• Reading First
• 21st Century Grant
• Access
• Safe School Drug Free
• DARE

23
Decrease in Federal Revenue

• We are budgeting a decrease in Federal Revenue
  due to a cut in Reading First, Title I, Title II
  Part A, and 21st Century Grant. The amount we
  are budgeting is 358,092 less than the previous
  year.

24
Other Revenue

• Sale of Equipment

25
Decrease in Other Revenue

• When equipment becomes obsolete we sell the
  equipment to the highest bidder. Last budget
  year, we budgeted to sell 55,000 in equipment
  vs. selling 5,000 for this budgetary year. This
  should change year by year depending upon our
  replacement schedule of equipment.

26
Revenue Summary

• We expect an overall increase of 2,673,104 in
  revenue over the previous year.

27
Preliminary Budget

• Expenditures

28
Expenditures by FunctionTotal 80,360,294
29
Instructional Cost

• 61 of the Budget is committed to adequate
  staffing, purchase of supplies, books and
  technology directly impacting our students.
• We are committed to keeping class size at 25
  students per class or less in order to provide
  each child the most individualized attention as
  possible.

30
Expenditures-Overview
Category Cost Percentage
Salaries 35.956,783 45
Benefits 13.471,170 17
Prof Serv 5,928,167 7
Purch.Serv 2,558,898 3
Other Purch Svs 13,539,489 17
Supplies/Equip 2,224,896 3
Debt Srv-Interest 4,243,991 5
Debt Srv-Prin. 2,436,900 3
Total Expenditures 80,360,294 100
31
Salaries Benefits

• Overall, Salaries Benefits decreased as a
  percentage of the budget from 65 to 62 of
  expenditures.
• The Districts retirement rate increased from
  4.69 to 6.46. In dollars, that is 234,000.
• Health insurance costs will not increase.

32
Grant Funded Personnel

• In keeping class size as small as possible, we
  fully use our Grants for staffing.
• We will pay 39 highly qualified professionals
  from Grant funds in the primary and intermediate
  schools.
• CSR Class Size Reduction
• ABG Accountability Block Grant
• RF Reading First

33
Grant Funded Personnel
School CSR ABG RF Title I Total
Edgewood 3 4 2 3 12
Shaffer 3 2 1 2 8
Wilkins 3 3 2 4 12
Dickson 0 0 0 2 2
Fairless 0 0 0 3 3
Rankin 0 0 0 2 2
Total 9 9 5 16 39
34
Purchased Professional Services Property
Services

• The District purchases special education services
  from the IU to provide the cost effective way of
  delivering required services.
• The District maintains its buildings to enhance
  the learning process.
• Both of these costs have increased minimally.

35
Other Purchased Services

• In this classification, we have student
  transportation costs, insurance, communications,
  advertising, printing binding, tuition and
  travel.
• All of the costs are in line except for Charter
  School costs which has increased astronomically.
• Tuition costs have increased 2,120,295 over the
  previous year.

36
Charter Schools Impact

• There are 384 students enrolled in 17 Charter
  Schools
• For each child in Charter School the School
  District pays
• Regular Education Rate - 8,268 per child
• Special Education Rate - 19,132 per child

37
Charter School Growing Impact
38
Financial Impact of Charter Schools

• 334 students _at_ 8,268 2,761,512
• 50 students _at_ 19,132 966,600
• Total 3,718,112
• We pay this out to other
  schools

39
Propel East Charter School Statistics

• Propel East Charter School has opened an
  elementary school in Turtle Creek
• 131 of the 200 students enrolled at Propel East
  are WHSD Students
• 23 of the 131 students are in Kindergarten
• 72 of the 131 students left a WHSD building to
  attend Propel East

40
Survey, Plan Market

• The Administration will be conducting a survey
  for all parents and/or guardians to complete to
  find out why children are leaving the District
• For those children who have left we will be
  conducting a survey as to what was lacking
• After we tabulate the results of the survey, the
  Administration will formulate a Plan addressing
  many of the issues you bring to our attention and
  then encourage enrollment in the District through
  Marketing our Programs

41
Ultimate Goal

• We would like to decrease or cut this
  payout to Charter Schools in the amount of
  3,718,112 and use it to improve the curriculum
  for all students
• We will be asking you for your input

42
Supplies Equipment

• Supplies and Equipment include books, classroom
  supplies, computers, etc.
• There was a minimal increase in this category.
• Technology is important. This coming year we will
  be replacing computers at a cost of 235,287

43
Debt Service

• Interest and Principal increased for this budget
  by 1,803,471 over the previous year due to
  construction and renovation at various facilities.

44
How does this compare to last year?

• Budgeted expenditures increased by 4,462,686
  over the previous year
• District personnel in this Budgeting process have
  cut as much as possible

45
Two reasons for the Large Increase

• Tuition increases particularly Charter Schools in
  the amount of 2,120,295 or 47 of the total
  increase
• Interest and Principal payments on long-term debt
  accounted for an increase of 1,803,471 or 40 of
  the increase

46
Those Items We Control and Those Items We Do Not

• Both of the previous two items account for 87 of
  the increase.
• Charter school enrollment is out of the
  Districts control, however we could media blitz
  our stakeholders to slow or stop the flow of
  students out of the District.
• The increase in interest and principal payments
  was a commitment already voted on by the Board of
  School Directors.

47
The Additional 13 Increase

• The additional increase of 13 or 538,920 is due
  to an increase in the retirement rate, the
  purchase of replacement computers and the
  increase in utilities among other things.

48
Budget Recap

• Total Revenue 75,111,544
• Total Expenditures 80,360,294
• Difference 5,248,750
• We plan on using the Undesignated Fund Balance to
  balance the Budget

49
Undesignated Fund Balance

• Estimated balance in the Undesignated Fund
  Balance before this Budget is projected at
  8,322,941
• By using 5,248,750 for this Budget the
  Undesignated Fund Balance will be reduced to
  3,074,191

50
No Increase in Real Estate Millage

• Because the District has a healthy Undesignated
  Fund Balance there will not be a real estate tax
  increase this coming year!!

51
How are we doing in terms NCLB?

• For the current year the Adequate Yearly Progress
  Guideline is 54 Proficient in Reading and 45
  Proficient in Math.
• Lets take a look at our Progress

52
3rd Grade PSSA 2005 Reading
53
3rd Grade PSSA 2005 Math
54
5th Grade PSSA 2005 Reading
55
5th Grade PSSA 2005 Math
56
8th Grade PSSA 2005 Reading
57
8th Grade PSSA 2005 Math
58
11th Grade PSSA 2005 Reading
59
11th Grade PSSA 2005 Math
60
Overview of PSSA Scores

• While we have not succeeded in meeting the 54
  threshold in reading and 45 threshold in math at
  all grade levels taking the tests, our scores
  have improved.
• The Administration and Staff are working to
  improve those scores and here is our Plan

61
Our Plan to use Budgeted Expenditures to improve
Student PSSA Scores

• We are currently aligning the curriculum to PA
  Academic Standards and PSSA Assessment Anchors
• Benchmarking Assessments used include DIBELS,
  DRA, and 4 Sight

62
Improve Reading Scores

• A Reading First Grant Initiative uses a variety
  of creative activities to implement
  scientifically based reading research
• Purchased the Harcourt Brace Reading Series

63
Improve Math Scores

• Establish Math Labs to assist students in grades
  7-12
• Implementation of the Glencoe Algebra, Geometry
  and Algebra II series to strengthen student
  understanding for Grades 9-12

64
Improve Science Scores in 2007

• ASSET and the University of Pittsburgh provide a
  K-8 hands on science curriculum
• Sixth Grade Model Assisted Reasoning in Science
  Collaboration
• A Math Science Partnership to improve our
  mathematics and science curriculum and
  instruction

65
Using Technology to Enhance Learning

• We will pilot the Enhancing Education Through
  Technology (EETT) Project, using technology as a
  tool to improve student academic achievement
• Maintain a ratio of nearly one computer for every
  two students

66
2006-2007 Budget Goals

• Provide Educational Programs that challenge
  students to achieve their potential
• Produce students who have the knowledge and
  wisdom to become productive citizens

67
Woodland Hills School District

• The End