Proposed School Budget RTSD Board of School Directors Investing in Excellence Radnor Township School District February 24, 2009

School Budget Development Timeline December 2Budget Discussion December 16Budget Presentation January 13Finance Committee Meeting-Discuss Proposed Preliminary Budget January 24Special Board Meeting January 29Proposed Prelim. Budget Available to Public February 10Special Board Meeting-Adopt Preliminary Budget March 5Request for Exceptions from Referendum April 30Proposed Final Budget Available to Public May 2Special Board Meeting May 12Special Board Meeting-Adopt Proposed Final Budget June 12Proposed Final Budget Available to Public June 23Adopt Final Budget

Stakeholder Group Budget Development Meetings Feb. 23 PTO Budget Session Feb. 23 Principal Budget Session Jan 7 Association Stakeholders Budget Session Jan. 22 Association Stakeholders Budget Session Feb. 19 Association Stakeholder Budget Session Ongoing Site-Based Principal Sessions Ongoing Faculty Budget Sessions Feb. 26 Strategic Plan Core Team

Stakeholder Group Format – Google Docs

Stakeholder Group Format Implication – Stakeholders consider specific potential budget cuts and their implications, both immediate and long-term Strategy – Stakeholders design and discuss potential processes and procedures to ensure that any budget cut has a negligible or minimal student impact Category – Identify recommended cut as a “Shiny Coin,” “Distraction,” “First Priority” or “Long-Term Strategy” to best define effect on district

School Budget Communication Plan At each school board meeting, a budget update will be presented to ensure that residents are fully informed of our progress to date. The superintendent and business administrator will conduct ongoing communication with stakeholder groups, including staff, faculty, union representatives, parents and taxpayers.

School Budget Communication Plan On district Web site, business office, school board and “Hot Topics” pages contain latest budget information as well as budget resources. The district will post special meeting or important information notices on our “announcements” space on the home page. An link has been established on these pages to provide an avenue for community residents to pose questions and comments, and to receive responses.

School Budget Communication Plan The superintendent and business administrator will conduct ongoing one-on-one dialogue with building principals, both to ensure district-wide buy-in and to garner individual building input. Updated budget information will be posted to the district’s Web site throughout the budget development process. A town hall meeting will occur in March or April to inform the residents of the budget and RTSD achievements, and also to field questions and have a dialogue with stakeholders.

School Budget Budget Bites The district is tracking the cost-cutting measures already carried out or being put into place this year as a “best practices” list to follow. This list, called Budget Bites, helps spur all stakeholders to participate in saving the district money and highlights areas of savings. Budget Bites will be posted online and be available at upcoming board meetings.

School Budget Budget Bites Gradebook Software Through the efforts of the technology department and the district E-Team, our district is moving toward consolidation of programs used to run our schools and programs. One program we are eliminating is the GradeQuick grade book software, replacing it with Teacher Access Center, a component of our new student information system eSchoolPlus at no additional cost. The new system will save our district $4,000. Geothermal Systems Three of our five schools now boast geothermal wells, which regulate our heating and cooling systems. This obviates the need for fossil-fuel boiler systems, eliminates the risks associated with on-site oil tanks and also eliminates the problems associated with exhaust from conventional heating systems. Savings using geothermal heating and air conditioning are percent over the cost of conventional systems. In Radnor, this could amount to $70,000 to $150,000 per year, depending on demand.

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