School District Efficiency Study Morrisville-Eaton Central School District Advisory Committee Meeting REVIEW OF DRAFT REPORT SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 Castallo and Silky Education Consultants Jessica Cohen & Alan Pole, Consultants 1

A Study to Examine the Potential for Creating a Pre-K – 12 th Grade Program in the Morrisville-Eaton Middle/High School 2

3 From an instructional and financial perspective, should the board of education consider creating a Pre-K – 12 program in the Morrisville-Eaton Middle/High School and closing the Edward R. Andrews Elementary School?

Advisory Committee David AndrewsCooper Koehl Corinne BankerLeslie Kraft Chris BrewerLeeAnne Lake Cynthia Busic-SnyderMary Maitland Christopher DoroshenkoSarah Marcellus Deborah DushkoJamie McCarthy Kyle GravesMichelle Morgillo Lauren HaswellCliff Moses Jennifer HiltsDavid Palmer Jessica Jacobs-BroedelJudy Parker Valerie KampfJennifer Pierce Danielle KochmanEmilie Roher Kathy Roher 4

Advisory Committee Included Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff, Administrators, and Community Members Met monthly for six months Was asked to: – Attend all meetings – Freely express their points of view – Be a key communicator with stakeholder groups – Be respectful of the committee and study process – Be a positive contributing member in other related committee activities 5

Areas of study Enrollment and Enrollment Projections Instructional and Athletic Programs Facilities Student Transportation Staffing Finance 6

Enrollment Student enrollment has decreased 32.5% from to Enrollment is projected to increase from 715 in to 752 in 2021 (+37 students, 5.1% Elementary enrollment will increase while middle/high enrollment will remain relatively constant 7

Instructional Programs Elementary school: There are 27 core academic classes. Combining classes will increase class size beyond desired limits. Middle/High School: 36% of sections have 9 or less students, 48% have 10 – 19 students, and 15% have 20 or more students. 67 students are in 19 BOCES CTE classes. Decreasing enrollment has meant small class sizes, not a reduction in number of classes 8

Facilities An addition to the Middle/High School would have to be built in order to accommodate all of the elementary school classrooms. This would require the addition of at least 26 classrooms, a gym, and a cafeteria. Estimated budget for the addition is approximately $24 million before state aid 9

Transportation Moving from a double trip to a single trip busing system may occur whether the district has one building or two. Moving to a single trip system will be revenue neutral due to high state aid for transportation Difficulty in finding bus drivers will present problems if the district changed to a single trip system. 10

Staffing Because significant reductions have occurred, there is limited potential to reduce administrative or instructional positions without changing the instructional program. Increasing the square footage at the HS will limit the # of non-instructional reductions to less than 3.0 FTE Approximately $170,000 can be realized by efficiencies from reducing staff. 11

Finances 12 Approximately 93% of school district revenue comes from state aid and local taxes The school district budget has remained relatively constant over the past 5 years The district is receiving less state aid today than it was 5 years ago The district has continued to use more of its fund balance to control taxes in each of the past 5 years

Finance 13 It would cost approximately $1,100,000/year for the next 20 years to move the elementary school After accounting for program savings, the net cost of moving the elementary school would be approximately $929,440/year or an increase in taxes of 26.6% Whether or not the district decides to move the elementary school, there will be facilities improvements to be considered of approximately $8,480,838

Recommendations 14 1.It is recommended that the district not close the Edward R. Andrews Elementary School and move the elementary grades to the middle/high school campus 2.It is recommended that the district's facilities committee reconvene to review the building condition survey and provide input to the Board of Education regarding future capital needs.

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