1. Where Does the Money Go? Programs Expenses Developmental Debt Service
Regular Education
50.3%
Admin
12.8%
Plant
10.4%
Debt Service
7.5%
Developmental
0.4%
Spec Ed
15.1%
Cocurricular
1.0%
Athletics
2.5%
Benefits
10%
Operations 4%
Special Education 6%
Textbooks & Supplies 1%
Other 7%
Salaries
72%
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2. Operations & Maintenance Classroom Instruction
How Do We Compare in Spending to Other Districts Our Size in New Jersey?
5908
1432
1129
1104
264
5441
1263
1022
1105
398
6249
1353
1198
1167
305
Per Pupil Costs, $
K-12 Our Size
Haddonfield
K-12 Our Size & DFG
Haddonfield $9,257
K-12 Our Size $9,781
K-12 Our Size / Our DFG $10,308
(District Factor Group)
Total Per Pupil Costs
Extracurricular
Operations & Maintenance
Administration
Support Services
Classroom Instruction
Data from 2003 Comparative Spending Guide

3. How Do We Compare in Number of Teachers & Administrators?
DFG: District Factor Group I - Socioeconomic Grouping
Our Size: K-12 District with 1801 to 3500 students
Data from 2003 Comparative Spending Guide

4. Resident Enrollment is Increasing And Tuition Income is Decreasing

5. A “Status Quo” Budget Would Force a 7% School Tax Increase
0.48%
Benefits
0.45%
Operations
0.29%
Special Education
0.01%
Textbooks
& Supplies
0.32%
Other
4.69%
Salaries
Current programs are maintained and no new programs are added.
Expense increase is driven by Salaries and Benefits - 80% of our budget.
Tax Increase is higher than expenses (7% v 6.2%) due to lower revenues:
Flat State Aid
Lower Interest Income
Lower Tuition Income
“Status Quo” Is Not Proposed
General Expense Increase Totaling 6.24%

6. Proposed Budget - 5.47% School Tax Increase
How Did We Get There?
Reductions to Tax Base Totaling $493,000
General Expense Cuts $248,000
New Revenues $145,000
Reduced Salary Costs through Severance Package $100,000
New “Initiatives” (Additions to Tax Base) $273,000
Two Budget Questions

7. General Expense Cuts - $248,000
High School Business Teacher $50,000
Keyboarding and Accounting
Elementary Spanish $50,000
No World Language in Elementary Schools
Developmental Kindergarten $25,000
No DK Program (low enrollment)
Kindergarten and Local Preschools to fill gap
10% Cut in Supplies Budget $50,000
Postpone purchases
Reading Recovery Training $43,000
Reading Recovery Program remains unchanged
CST Secretary $30,000

8. New Revenues - $145,000 Middle School Tuition Program $100,000
~154 students in 7th grade next year. Adding 12 tuition students would yield average class size of 20 to 21.
~173 students in 8th grade next year. Adding 5 tuition students would yield average class size of 22 to 23.
Middle School Activity Fee $15,000
$50/yr and $75/year family cap
High School Activity Fee $30,000
$100/yr and $150/year family cap

9. New Initiatives - $273,000
K-12 Curriculum Coordinator (English, SS, World Language) $50,000
Expansion of previous K-8 Language Arts Supervisor
3 High School Facilitator positions eliminated
0.5 English teacher to full time to address class size
Elementary Class Size Reduction (3 Elementary Teachers) $150,000
Two - 1st Grade Teachers (class size below 20)
5th Grade Teacher (class size below 27)
Middle School World Language Teacher Increased Hours $20,000
Reduction in French class size from 34 students
Custodial Services $33,000
Support for New Square Footage
Nursing Services $20,000
Support for Central/Middle School Nurse

10. 2nd Question - What is it?
State has established a formula to calculate the maximum General Fund expense increase allowed in the budget question on the ballot. This is called the “cap”.
Any funds budgeted above the cap have to be put into additional question(s).
Our cap for this year equates to a 4.06% school tax increase.
We are recommending spending $336,000 above the cap. Therefore, we have a second question.

11. 2nd Question - What’s in it?

12. Proposed Budget - 5.47% School Tax Increase
Proposed Budget: $23,469,217 versus $22,184,984 in 2002.
Average Assessment of $220,000:
School Tax Increases from $4, to $5,122.18
~$22/month increase
Rule of thumb: $10/month increase for every $100,000 assessed

13. How does the BOE view two questions?
Not two budgets
Not one budget and a wish list
Is one budget separated only by law!