Pre-K College Readiness Career Readiness Citizenship

Seminole County Public Schools 2012 District FCAT/End-of-Course Exams State Rankings Rankings based on Percent Scoring Proficient 17 Largest Districts Reading Math 1st Place Rankings Rank  3rd Grade 1st 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 3rd 7th Grade 8th Grade 2nd 9th Grade 2+ 10th Grade 1st+ All Grades  Rank 3rd Grade 1st 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 3rd 7th Grade 1st+ 8th Grade All Grades 15 Writing Science Algebra Rank  5th Grade 1st 8th Grade 2nd All Grades 1st+ Rank  4th Grade 3rd+ 8th Grade 10th Grade 1st All Grades 2nd  Rank All Grades 1st+ A plus sign (+) indicates a tie

Seminole County Public School’s Fast Facts SCPS Total Budget $651 million SCPS Total Square Footage 10,603,378 Square Feet of Building Space SCPS Student Count as of 9/14/12 – PK-12= 65,113 students SCPS Employees 7,443 Employees SCPS Busses 462 Busses

Gaming and Computer Technology Crooms AOIT Gaming and Computer Technology

Modeling, Simulation and Hagerty High School Modeling, Simulation and Analysis

Lake Brantley High School CFE Brantley Branch

Lake Howell High School Culinary Arts

Lake Mary High School Forensic Science

Engineering and Technology Lyman High School Engineering and Technology

Oviedo High School Bio-Science

Seminole High School Health Academy

Winter Springs High School Renewable Solar Energy

Empty Seats Empty Classrooms vs.

Millage Language Shall Seminole County District ad valorem millage be increased by up to one mill beginning July 1, 2013, and ending not more than four (4) fiscal years later on June 30, 2017, for essential operating expenses to: preserve “A” rated academic, vocational, arts, and athletic programs; retain highly qualified teachers: and repair and maintain school buildings with annual reporting to the county’s citizens to ensure fiscal stewardship of the funds?

Seminole County Public Schools s The state rates - known as Required Local Effort are in red. Under the Florida Education Finance Program, school districts are required to levy this tax to qualify for FEFP funding. Notice the trend has been for the state rates to increase – they peaked last year 5.474 the current year state required local effort millage rate is 5.305. For the 2007-08 year this rate was 4.698. Contrast this with the millage rates set by the School Board which have been decreasing. The proposed current year rates are 2.248 compared to 2.715 in 2007-08. School Board property tax revenues have declined by $30M - 35% over the last five years from 87M in 2007-08 to a projected 56.5M in the current budget.

Seminole County Public Schools s This is an interesting graph – The bars represent our general fund revenue per pupil of which more than 98% is funded by the FEFP. I like this presentation because it takes out the effect of changes in enrollment on our funding and focuses our attention on the change in revenue per pupil which I think is a better measure than the change in total revenues. I also think it useful to compare revenue per pupil to what it would be if our funding had kept up with inflation. The black line at the top presents the revenue per student if it had kept pace with the rate of inflation. School Districts have a much more difficult time in adjusting to successive reductions in funding and to the effects of inflation. Most businesses faced with declines in per unit revenues find ways to improve productivity if they can afford the investment or they cut costs or both. School Districts are faced with the twin mandates of class-size maximums and the requirement to provide services regardless of cost to students with learning disabilities. The above graph understates the effect of the funding cuts on Seminole as an ever larger portion of the budget has been consumed by teachers of core classes leaving less for other costs and yet funding per student has been in decline for the last 5 years. Mr. Harper has calculated 2,945 of our teachers teach core classes.

Seminole County Public Schools s Matthew 6:21 - For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Needs not Wants Student Technology/Computer Based Testing Visual Arts and Performing Arts Materials 21st Century Workforce Upgrades Elementary, Middle & High School Science Labs World Languages Pre-K Aging Facilities

The School Board of Seminole County Tina Calderone, Chairman Karen Almond, Vice Chairman Diane Bauer, Member Sylvia Pond, Member Dede Schaffner, Member Walt Griffin, Superintendent 400 East Lake Mary Blvd., Sanford FL 32773 407-320-0004 walt_griffin@scps.k12.fl.us