Board Budget Policy Discussion 12 March 2012

Revenue “levers” Enrollment (Currently at max given the physical plant) Increase fund raising Increase grant applications (income an unknown) Ask parent group for more Increase fees  Lunch  Employee “contribution” for benefits  Uniform replacement costs  Graduation fee  Others?

Expense Lever “A”: Benefits Increase contributions per employee - Currently $240, could be raised Could change plan to a less expensive one (higher deductible; already at $30 copay) Contributions for additional family members  Currently OMI pays for all family  Could transition to paying for only employee or employee +1 Cash in lieu (currently 80% of single health only) for those who do not want benefits

Data on Benefits Current statutory benefits: STRS, OASDI.Cost: $330,025  Expected increase: none Current voluntary benefits offered are health, dental, vision and life insurance. Cost: $525,716  *Expected increase: 10% Health, 5% D/V/L 55 Eligible employees: 51 take benefits, 4 take cash-in-lieu option.  29 are self only  8 are +1  14 are +2 or more  96 members total from 51 employees. Cost of employee only: 60% of total cost: $307,374 Raising employee contributions:  Having +2’s pay $100 a month for each dependent would save $27,600  Having +1’s paying $100 a month for each dependent would save $54,000 * Difficult to project cost without knowing ages and family sizes for new hires. Issue: Cutting benefits affects teacher attraction and retention.

Expense Lever B: Class Size *for current enrollment of 594. Does not reflect start of year class size. GradeMathEnglishSciSocStVPA n/a n/a

More on class size Conscious choice has been made re: class size in English and Math ( 30) There is conflicting research on the impact of class size on learning; definitely not conclusive either way Teachers feel like class size is a BIG deal

Expense Lever C: Cut Personnel The budget being presented already recommends a cut of 4.33 FTE totaling $358,000 from the initial rough draft budget you received in February. We can go position by position if the board would like to discuss whether more cuts are desired.

Staffing Information Certificated Staff  FTE Teachers – Average salary: $52,568  9 FTE Admin/Teachers-Average salary: $70,631  71% Personnel Budget Military Staff  11 FTE Staff members- Average salary: Unknown  75% Military Budget Classified Staff  16 FTE Support Staff – Average Salary: $47,849  29% Personnel Budget

Expense Lever D: Outdoor Education Currently, costs include transportation, food, some contracted services (rappelling instruction, white water river rafting guides, etc), and some facility rental (Camp San Luis, Camp Roberts, etc) Proposed FY cost: $ 50,000.00

Expense Lever E: Athletics Costs include supplies (mostly uniforms) and services (transportation, officials, facility rental, tournament entry fees, etc) Current year cost: $198,244  Salaries $94,744  Supplies $31,500  Services $72,000 Proposed cost: $ 221,625  Salaries $95,125  Supplies $31,500  Services $95,000

Expense Lever F: Band and Drill Teams Costs include transportation, food, entry fees Current year cost: $45,000 Proposed year cost: $25,000

Expense Lever G: Merit System Merit and Demerit system is central to a military model Currently merits are “exchanged” for goods and services as the Grizzly Exchange in an amount roughly equal to 10 cents per merit. Uniform items, school supplies, snacks, etc. Current year expense: $60,000 budgeted Propose expense: $60,000

Expense Level H: Textbook Issue Currently budget $55K for textbooks  $12,600 comes from restricted Lottery funds specifically for textbooks and media. We have a seven year “replacement cycle” in which books are replaced by academic department every seven years Faculty discussing possibility of moving to e-books

Expense Lever I: Library Should library be mostly hardcover books or mostly “kindle” electronic books? I am proposing a combination of the two with  about 5000 fiction books for Schoolwide Sustained Silent Reading and  about 2000 non-fiction books aligned with our research across the curriculum program, and then  a set of “kindle-type” e-readers

Expense Lever J: Technology Currently an 80% time highly qualified technology coordinator (with strong tech AND educator background) Supported by full time tech teacher and “level one” technician to support classroom teacher and office support needs Students currently learning to support basic tech support needs through computer class Issue: the more tech you have, the more on-site tech support you need

Expense Level K: Professional Development Current Budget: $31, Proposed Budget: $32, Includes day long schoolwide PD on topics such as English Learner and African American Learner strategies Also includes limited individual and small group PD on topics of interest to individual teachers

Expense Level L: Opportunity Currently one teacher at grades 6-8 About 20 total kids “saved” through the program which helps with ADA Proposal was to expand to High School also but we are currently cutting that second position to save money (could keep through ADA savings)

Expense Lever M: Capital Could cut “furniture and fixtures” School really needs a bus and/or additional large capacity vans for student transportation Computers needed for virtual learning center and tech room as well as for teachers, etc 600K in e-rate funds approved in early 2012 for basic tech infrastructure to new building

Other policy issue: The Bonus $200K decided as bonus during school year Faculty agreed to 50% payout if target of 764 met (missed by two); otherwise, would roll over $180K remains (20K spent on faculty PD and initiatives during the present FY)