Alma School Referendums Tuesday, April 7, Questions on the Ballot Question # 1: INITIAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000,000 Question # 2: RESOLUTION TO EXCEED REVENUE CAP FOR 3 YEARS COMMENCING WITH THE 2015 – 16 SCHOOL YEAR.

I. INITIAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $ 3,000,000 1.Energy Efficiency 2.Building & Grounds Maintenance & Upgrades 3.Upgrades to Educational Technology & Infrastructure 4.Replacement of Transportation Vehicles What do we get for the $ 3,000,000 ?

IMPORTANT NOTE In Question I - The authority to issue bonds cannot exceed the $ 3,000,000 asked by the question. Should costs come in cheaper, the amount of bond issuance would be less.

II. RESOLUTION TO EXCEED REVENUE CAP COMMENCING WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR This resolution allows the School Board to exceed the revenue limit on a non-recurring basis for the purpose of paying for general operations cost in the amounts as follows: $295,000 for the school year $435,000 for the school year $495,000 for the school year

IMPORTANT NOTE In Question II – The amount listed in the Question is the maximum amount that the revenue limit cap can be exceeded. In years 2 & 3, an estimated savings of $80,000 to $ 118,000 per year if Question I passes. This is due to energy efficiencies that are a part of the $3,000,000 bond issue. Those savings would first be seen in years two and three when the new heading system would be in operation.

The Basic Question Remains … What in the heck are we going to get for our money? The Basic Answers Are …

Replacing Current Fuel Oil Fired Steam Boiler System 1952 (Original) Kewanee Steam Boiler Steam Boilers (Fuel oil fired) Well past life expectancy Steam heat = 235 degree F water 60% efficient High maintenance cost Piping (steam and condensate) and steam traps are in poor shape 62 Years Old !

1992 Small Steam Boiler Because of the volatility in fuel oil prices and the continued inefficiencies of our system (steam traps, burners, controls, uni- vents, single-pane, steel- framed windows), the cost of fuel used in heating our school has increased from $22,000 in 2001 to $121,500 in 2013 ! 22 years old

Geothermal Heating & Cooling Hot water heat instead of steam ( degrees F compared to 235 degrees F for steam) Including Solar Panels - well field balance and heating A LP Gas Boiler for backup heat New energy efficient unit-ventilators for heating and air conditioning Electrical Service Upgrade to meet needs

Location of Geothermal Well Field 90 – 110 Horizontal Wells would be placed in the outlined area on the hill behind the school

Closed-Loop Geothermal Wells These wells will be 100’ deep. They will be completely covered and this area will continue to be used as an athletic & phy-ed area.

Digital Controls for Room Temperature, Ventilation & Lights Upgraded Digital Temperature Controls Includes: Time of Day, Oxygen, and Occupancy (motion) sensors to replace the obsolete pneumatic controls that can no longer be repaired. In addition, service technicians are no longer trained to work on this type of system.

New Energy Efficient Univents 1952 Univents They have a heat coil, a direct outside damper for cold air return and a single speed electric motor. This unit is operated by pneumatic controls for the damper & valves Univents These are heat recovery univents! A heat exchanger runs the warm “stale” through a radiator, which in return warms the incoming cold air. These are operated digitally by sensors and computers.

Building Envelope 31 Window Units replaced in the Junior-Senior High / Cafeteria areas (1952 & 1958 additions) by aluminum framed double pane low-E glass

Lighting Upgrades Metal Halide (275 – 350 watts) LED (80 – 100 watts) LED turns completely on and off with a switch when the gym is not occupied. Energy savings & safety! Metal Halide cannot be turned off and then on instantly they have a restart time of up to 20 minutes.

Educational Technology and Infrastructure SmartBoards in all classrooms One-to-One learning devices - Allow for digital textbooks Immediate research Do homework and send it to the teacher digitally Student collaboration Upgrade our computer laboratories Upgrade our network Giving teachers the tools to teach... so today’s students can learn

Education Technology Research tells us that today’s students learn differently than we did. They are born of the digital-information age. When students learn differently, teachers must teach differently – Farmersburg, Iowa Steve Sedlmayr - Student 2015 – Alma, Wisconsin Alma 1 st Graders – “See, this is the way to do this math problem”

In classrooms today, SmartBoards play an important role. Not only can students work problems on this tool, they can take digital field trips Washington DC and go right into the Oval Office in the White House without leaving Mr. Noll’s classroom! Remember your biology class? How much nicer it would have been to dissect frogs and fetal pigs digitally and avoid that smelly preservative!

Building and Grounds Repairs, Replacements, and Improvements – Parking Lot – Repairs and Sealcoat is overdue Routine Roof Surface Replacements

Flooring – Some of the original flooring from the 1952 and the 1958 flooring exists. We have been in the process of replacing it over the past 10 years.

Transportation – School Buses This is a 1989 model school bus that we still use today! New, it cost $ 35,000. We have buses in operation daily that have close to and over 200,000 on them. They are safe, but they are becoming expensive to maintain with frequent expensive repairs ! This is a bus similar to our newest bus, a 2013 model. We got a buy on this bus, but a replacement will run between $95 - $100K. Our route buses put on between 16,000 and 20,000 miles per year.

So What’s This Other Referendum to Exceed the Revenue Cap For ? ? ? The 2 nd Question on the ballot is the money required to make up for the cuts in State revenue that the school district has experienced over the past 13 years. The money will be used to fund the day to day operations costs of the school. Why is This Happening? Because the State school funding formula is based on property value per pupil and spending per pupil. This factor along with the State cuts in aid to public schools has been forcing a large number of schools to go to referendum to continue their operations. (This is even happening in schools with growing enrollments)

10 Year Changes State Aid = $ 1,973,524 Federal Aid = $ 289,285 Property Taxes = $ 979,365 Taxable Property Value = $ 115,133,177 Total Major Revenues = $ 3,242,174 End of Year Fund Balance = $ 1,072, State Aid = $ 903,435 Federal Aid = $ 131,712 Property Taxes = $ 1,695,574 Taxable Property Value = $ 168,004,898 Total Major Revenues = $ 2,730,721 End of Year Fund Balance= $ 497,640

10 Year Changes Total Bus Routes = 6 Employees = Total Administrators = 3.3 FTE Total Teachers = FTE Total Secretaries = 2.75 Bookkeeper = 1 Paraprofessionals = 5.2 School Nurse =.2 Bus Drivers = 6 Custodians = 3.4 Kitchen = 3 Students = Total Bus Routes = 4 Employees = 39.7 FTE Total Administrators = 2.25 FTE Total Teachers = 23.9 FTE Total Secretaries = 2 Bookkeeper = 1 Paraprofessionals = 3.6 School Nurse =.2 Bus Drivers = 4 Custodians = 2.6 Kitchen = 2.2 Students = 265

Costs Comparisons Heating Oil = $ 28,625 School Bus = $ 61,320 School Bus Fuel = $ 25,632 Health Ins. = $ 470,766 Fund 10 (Gen Fund) Expenditures = $ 3,363,996 Fund 27 (Sp. Ed.) Expenditures = $ 366, Heating Oil = $ 101,640 School Bus = $ 95,000 School Bus Fuel = $ 39,574 Health Ins. = $ 482,193 Fund 10 (Gen Fund) Expenditures = $ 3,369,059 Fund 27 (Sp. Ed.) Expenditures = $ 483,465 While we have made considerable reductions over the past 15 years, the major costs increases have come through costs we cannot control.

Year8-Year AveAnnual Cost8-Year Cost School District Ave.Cost/$100KComp. AlmaDifference% to Alma Alma $ $ % Alma Center $1, $ $ 1, % Arcadia* $1, $ $ 1, % Blair-Taylor* $ $ $ % C-FC $ $ $ % Durand** $ $ $ 1, % Eleva-Strum* $1, $ $ 1, % Elmwood $1, $ $ 5, % Gilmanton $1, $ $ 2, % Independence $1, $ $ 3, % Melrose-Mindoro $ $ $ 1, % Mondovi* $ $ $ % Pepin $1, $ $ 4, % Plum City $1, $ $ 1, % Whitehall* $ $ $ % Area K-12 Ave $1, $ $ 1, % State K-12 Ave $ $ $ % 8 – Year Historical Tax Data for Area Schools

So What’s It Going to Cost? Per $ 100,000 in Equalized Property Value 2015 Fiscal Year (2016 Tax Year) Tax if neither Question passes $ 1, Tax increase if Bond Levy (Question I) passes $ Tax increase if Revenue Limit (Question II) passes $ Tax increase if both Questions pass $

So What’s It Going to Cost? Per $ 100,000 in Equalized Property Value 2016 Fiscal Year (2017 Tax Year) Tax if neither Question passes $ 1, Tax increase if Bond Levy (Question I) passes $ Tax increase if Revenue Limit (Question II) passes $ Tax increase if both Questions pass $ * * A savings of up to $68.17 is due to Revenue Limit Cap projected savings due to the energy conservation measures obtained by the approval of the Bond Levy (Question I)

So What’s It Going to Cost? Per $ 100,000 in Equalized Property Value 2017 Fiscal Year (2018 Tax Year) Tax if neither Question passes $ 1, Tax increase if Bond Levy (Question I) passes $ Tax increase if Revenue Limit (Question II) passes $ Tax increase if both Questions pass $ * * A savings of up to $65.23 is due to Revenue Limit Cap projected savings due to the energy conservation measures obtained by the approval of the Bond Levy (Question I)