Budget for FY'15
Why is there a deficit? Where does it go? What happens to the money? What’s happening to our students & enrollment?
The Board needs to weigh the options that the community will accept...
Review of Options for reduction:
- Eliminate MS .4 Transition/Literacy Teacher ($28,500)
- Eliminate 1.0 Math Teacher ($81,000)
- Eliminate 1.0 Language Teacher ($66,300)
- Eliminate 1.0 PE Teacher ($77,500)
- Eliminate .5 Librarian ($40,950)
- Eliminate 1.0 Secretary ($35,000)
- Eliminate Grounds Attendant ($28,000)
- Postpone purchase of Math Textbooks ($12,200)
- Eliminate Walden Program ($210,400)
- Eliminate 10% of all supplies ($20,000)
- Eliminate .2 Tech Support ($10,100)
- Reduce Capital Improvement Fund ($20,000)
Total savings of $629,950. Bringing the total increase at a 4.14% and a tax rate increase
of 12.91%.