1. PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET 2017-2018 School Year
May 1, 2017
“To promote an educational experience which will prepare our students to develop high levels of academic achievement, engage in a lifelong desire to learn and develop a deep respect for life and its diversity in our global society.”

2. Board of Education
Maria Flynn– President Lisa Marshall– Vice President Dina Bargiel Thomas Bolen Bob Kassai Mark Salemi Jo-Anne Mitchell Ron Pascrell Maryann Perro

3. Agenda Dr. Michele Pillari, Superintendent of Schools Budget Goals
Mr. Tom DiFluri, Business Administrator
Revenue
Expenditures
Discussion and Questions

4. Overall Budget Goal
To provide the best possible educational program for the children of the Woodland Park School District while exercising the utmost diligence in the expenditure of public funds.

5. BUDGET POINTS Maintains all existing programs
Add new full time art teacher position
Add new AM Pre K Disabilities class and additional Resource class at Charles Olbon School
Add PT Tech Support position in order to meet the demands of the 1:1 district technology initiative
Add Period 0 STEAM class in partnership with PV, Totowa and Little Falls School Districts
Reduce one section of Kindergarten, one section of grade 1 and one section of grade 8
Teacher training in GF increases from12 to 28,000
Federal Grants Additional 30,000 for teacher training and education consultants

6. BUDGET POINTS Reduce part time art teacher position
Reduce one section of LLD at Beatrice Gilmore School
Total employer cost for health insurance increases $227,000 or 9%
Total employee contribution for health insurance increases from $554,746 to $633,754 or 18.4% of total premium cost of $3,448,659
Teacher training in GF increases from12 to 28,000
Federal Grants Additional 30,000 for teacher training and education consultants

7. Factors impacting the budget
2% Tax Revenue Cap
Flat State Aid
Special Education Costs
Health Benefit Costs
Labor Costs
Unfunded State Mandates
Schools have become dependent on expensive technology- wireless infrastructure to support PARCC, digital textbooks, computers, printers, servers, network switches

8. SOURCES OF REVENUE
Reversed for cities

9. REVENUE BUDGET SUMMARY
GENERAL FUND
Increase/Decrease
WITHDRAW CAPITAL RESERVE $0
$250,000
SURPLUS
$237,153
$240,929
$3,776
LOCAL TAX LEVY
$15,175,650
$15,701,406
$525,756 or 3.4%
MISCEL. REVENUE
$56,000
$43,516
$(12,484)
MEDICAID REIMBURSE
$22,325
$26,173
$3,848
EXTRAORDINARY AID
$80,000
STATE AID
$854,297
TOTAL
$16,424,425
$17,196,321
$770,896

10. DEBT SERVICE 2016-2017 2017-2018 Increase/Decrease SURPLUS $1 $0
LOCAL TAX LEVY
$541,769
$548,657
$6,888
TOTAL
$541,770
$548,658
Last payment of $219,975 will pay off $2,265, year bonds issued 2001
14 years left on $6,200, year bonds issued 2010

11. HOW ARE THE DISTRICT’S FUNDS SPENT:
Support services: Guidance, CST, Library’s, Nurse, Curriculum,

12. SALARIES AND HEALTH BENEFITS CONSUME 78% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET

13. Required Spending Contracted Salaries Contracted Health Benefits
Mandated Special Education Spending
Tuition – Out of District Placements
Professional Services (Attorney, Auditor, Architect)
Essential Building Maintenance ( Utilities, Custodial, Repairs, Maintenance)
Transportation
Mandated Insurances including flood
State Mandated Testing (PARCC)

14. Discretionary Spending
Textbooks (Hard Cover & On-line)
Optional Instructional Software
General classroom supplies
Improvements to programs, instruction
Teacher training/Professional Development (evolving into mandated cost)
School Security

15. COMPARATIVE SPENDING
Total Budgetary Comparative Cost Per Pupil
Sources: School District Budget Statement and Taxpayers’ Guide To Education Spending
Woodland Park BOE
$14,416
Totowa BOE
$14,536
Little Falls BOE
$16,190
State Average(K )
$15,901
Need to look further into data

16. COMPARATIVE SPENDING Ranking of 77 K-8 Districts With Enrollment > 751 Students
Total Comparative Budgetary Cost Per Pupil Ranking
Source: 2017 Taxpayers’ Guide To Education Spending
Totowa BOE
17/77
Woodland Park BOE
22/77
Little Falls BOE
34/77
Need to look further into data

17. Focus on Professional Learning
PLANS FOR
Focus on Professional Learning
Continue implementation of Language Arts Consultant.
Continue Partnership with William Paterson University.
Continue Partnership with The Madison Institute.
Continue and further develop Readers and Writers Workshop
Attendance of Teachers at the Columbia Teachers College Readers and Writers Summer Institute for intensive training.
Continue implementation of Professional Learning Communities 
Continue with Regional PD Day and ongoing articulation/trainings
Add training for implementation of Fundations Program for grade 2 and follow-up training for grades K & 1

18. PLANS FOR 2017-2018 Implement Wilson’s “Fundations” for grade 2
Increase technology resources for instruction use
Implement Fountas and Pinnell Reading Assessment
Implement of new Science Curriculum K-4 which is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards
Implement Pearson Interactive Science Books and Resources for Grades K-4
Implement Language Arts and Mathematics curriculum revisions as revised to align with New Jersey Student Learning Standards
Design and utilize benchmark assessments in order to implement strategic data driven instruction.

19. AVERAGE CLASS SIZE 17-18 Grade Projected Enrollment # Of ClassroomsK
110 5 22 1 2
111
22.2 3
104
20.8 4
107
21.4
117
23.4 6
122
24.4 7
105 21 8
121
24.2

20. ENROLLMENT HISTORY
2% tax cap forcing schools to create new in district special ed programs that require additional space

21. FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR 2017-2018
Charles Olbon School
-Replacement glass block windows in gym to vented insulated windows
School #1
-Possible flooring and lighting and miscellaneous code upgrades
Facility Improvements beyond 17-18
BOE and administration identified approx.
3 million cost of remaining projects
The challenge-future funding

22. TAX IMPACT OF BUDGET
Local school district property taxes for the average home assessed at $344,741 will increase from $3,279 to $3,345 or $66 per year
TAX CALCULATION:
tax rate increases from $.9514 cents per hundred to $.9706 cents per hundred or tax points(Residents must plug in homes assessed value then divide by 100, times for local school tax)
Tax point =165,000

23. Questions?
Thank you for your continued support of the children of the Woodland Park School District.
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