2008 – 2009 BOARD OF EDUCATION OPERATING BUDGET CANTERBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET.

2008 – 2009 BOARD OF EDUCATION

OPERATING BUDGET

CANTERBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLSBUDGET

PROPOSED 2008 – 2009 BUDGET Canterbury Public Schools

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Sally Peavey, ChairpersonTom O’Roarke, Vice Chair

Heather DeLuca, SecretaryKim CoombsAmy Labbe

Larry SimonsRay Sulich

CPS District Data, 2007 – 2008 Background Information

Number of Pre-K to 8 Schools Managed:2

Number of High Schools Managed: 10

Number of Students Managed:Pre-K to 8 589 25 614High School 274 274Mainstreamed (Pre-K to 12)* 81

81Outplaced (Pre-K to 12)* 11

11 * Special Education

CPS District Data 2007 – 2008 Background Information, continued

Total Budget $ 10,626,283

Regular Education 5,926,809High School Tuition 2,415,726Special Education 2,282,748

Per Student Expenditure 10,200

Average HS Tuition 10,279Average Cost/HS Student* 10,937 * Includes Tuition and Transportation Salaries

BUDGET INCREASE BREAKDOWN

Budget increase requested: 5.3%

Breakdown:Contractual Increases and Operational Expenditures

2.5%New Requests 2.8%

Or:Regular education

3.3%Special education

2.0%

BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET SUMMARY2008 - 2009

Regular and Special Education Budgets Combined

Salaries Existing 4,965,587Salaries New Personnel 209,022Benefits 1,665,078Benefits, New Personnel 92,924Utilities 447,890Liability Insurance 133,062Tuition 3,455,609Outside Contracted Services 104,760Other 420,665TOTAL $ 11,192,651

BOE Expenditure Breakdown 2008 – 2009

Salaries 44% Tuition 31% Employee Benefits 15%Utilities 4% Other 4%Liability Insurance 1%Outside Contracted Services 1%

HISTORY OF BUDGET INCREASES

1999 – 2000 4.3% 2000 – 2001 4.8% 2001 – 2002 3.0% 2002 – 2003 6.68% 2003 – 2004 6.1% 2004 – 2005 5.84% 2005 – 2006 5.0% 2006 – 2007 5.16% 2007 – 2008 3.77%

ENERGY / OIL PROJECTIONS

Fuel oil:Budgeted $3.00 per gallonAn increase of $93,352 or 27.2%

Utilities: Telephone $3,375 or 3.2%Electricity $7,872 or 7.5%

Increase of $104,599 or 30.47%

Enrollment: Actual vs. Projected

June 07

April 08 Sections Sept 08 Sections

Pre – K 26 25 2 (12) 24 2 (12)

Kindergarten

56 83 4 (20, 21) 73 4 (18, 19)

Grade 1 48 67 4 (16, 17) 84 5 (16, 17)

Grade 2 54 51 3 (17) 67 4 (16, 17)

Grade 3 48 56 3 (18, 19) 50 3 (16, 17)

Grade 4 59 47 3 (15, 16) 57 3 (19)

Grade 5 58 68 3 (22, 23) 47 3 (15, 16)

Grade 6 70 59 3 (19, 20) 69 4 (17, 18)

Grade 7 62 68 4 (17) 60 3 (20)

Grade 8 63 69 4 (17, 18) 68 4 (17)

TOTALS 544 593 33 599 35

Registration

Kindergarten: March 28Students in the present Pre-Kindergarten are automatically

registered.

Pre-Kindergarten: May 1 and 2

STAFFING

New requests:Additional section / Grade 1Additional section / Grade 2.1 Music TeacherReading TeacherSpecial Education TeacherCoaches

Additional Sections: Rationale / ResearchRichard Reichardt, policy researcher, specializes in class size reduction, teacher supply, and education finance.

Smaller classes (13 – 17 students) in early grades leads to higher student achievement.

Class sizes below 20 show achievement moves from

50% to above 60%.Teachers have more time to:

Individualize instruction for each student Improve classroom management Cover more material

Students are more engaged; less likely to drift from lessons or disrupt others.

Reading Teacher: Rationale / Research

Benefits entire middle school student population.

Deal with specific student needs based on monthly reading tests and Degrees of Reading Power assessments (broad-based comprehension test).

Students will receive two to three weeks of intense support on-going support throughout the school

year. Remediation/enhancement in reading across

curricula.Enhance study skills

Reading Teacher, Continued

Below Basic

Basic Proficient Total % in Need

Raw Totals

Grade 5 10= 16.9% 2 = 3% 12 = 20% 36.9% 24/59

Grade 6 7 = 9% 4 = 5% 8 = .11% 25% 19/72

Grade 7 9 = 14% 2 = 3% 2 = 3% 20% 13/63

Grade 8 6 = 9% 3 = 4% 4 = 6% 19% 13/62

Special Education Teacher: Rationale

Placement: Canterbury Elementary School Twenty-eight students with special needs. Five students have intensive

behavior/emotional needs. Two, requiring additional support, are

switching from a half day to a full day program.

Lack of additional onsite support will increase likelihood that three students will require out-of-district placements.

Special Education, continued

Requests: Object Code #32309: $16,000 (no change) Consultants (behavior, autism, reading, speech and

language) deliver direct services to students.

Object Code #56301: $153,965 ($60,286 increase)One additional student DCF placement in Safe Home.

Object Code #56405: $108,528 ($52,928 increase)Student educational placement changed to out of

state per PPT.

Special Education, continued

Tuition $1,152,331 (increase $114,577) 2007 – 2008

20 students (grades 9,10, 11)4 students (grade 12) – graduating

2008 – 2009 school year 16 students (grades 10, 11, 12)

8 new students (grade 9)

Additional 4 students

Athletic Director and Coaches

Currently: pay-to-play = $200*/student/sportNew: Eight coaches and athletic director = $

10,440Projected: pay-to-play = $95*/student/sport

* Approximate cost

High School Tuition

High School -112,448 -4.65%

Average high school tuition increase is 4%.Freshman class has an increased enrollment

in Vocational-Technical schools - no cost to the town.

“Other” Consists of…

Regular EducationSupplies, textbooks 24.82%

Library supplies - 19.36%Health supplies/services - 20.45%Homebound Tutoring 0%PD, Travel, Dues, Fees - 5.45%Non-instructional supplies - 17.22%

“Other” Consists of…

Special Education Supplies/Textbooks 22.13%

Speech services -100.oo%Contracted transportation-100.00%Legal/postage/printing 12.92%Tutorial /Homebound 100.00%

PD, Travel, Dues, Fees 9.72%

Summary of All Programs

Central Office 7.3%Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School 13.1%Canterbury Elementary School 9.9%Special Education 9.0%Transportation 14.6%Facilities 0.9%Board of Education -11.7%District -4.5%Total Education Budget:

$11,192,651 increase of $567,368 or 5.3%

2008 – 2009 BOARD OF EDUCATION

OPERATING BUDGET

CANTERBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLSBUDGET