1. Fayette County Issues Tea Party fayettecountyissuesteaparty.org October 30, 2012 Fayette First October 30, 2012 Fayette First

3. Objective Benchmark Current Status Solutions

4. Provide Our 21,000 Children the Best Public Education In GA, within our budget

6. http://www.schooldigger.com/go/GA/schoolrank.aspxhttp://www.schooldigger.com/go/GA/schoolrank.aspx pagetype=top10

7. http://www.schooldigger.com/go/GA/district/02130/search.aspx Fayette County Schools

8. Fayette County Fayette GA Graduation Rate89.2%65.4% Dropout Rate1.0%4.3% Spending/student$9,591$9,692 Students Per Teacher14.113.9 No. of Schools312,608 No. of Students22,1181,655,792 No. of (FTE) Teachers1,573118,839 A+AA-B+BB-C+ 17 Elementary Schools263411 6 Middle Schools1311 5 High Schools131 3 Evening, open campus & alternative schoolsnot rated http://www.localschooldirectory.com/district-schools/656/Fayette-County-School-District/GA A B D F C APS 50.5% 7.8% $13,999 13.0 114 49,032 3,764

9. 2012 SAT Scores

10. Demographics: Age Median Age: 41

11. Building Permits Family Units:

12. Demographics: Housing & Income

13. FCBE Budget General Fund Revenues & Expenses Source: FCBE CAFR; Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes In Fund Balances, Actual (Debt-reduction bond expense is not included in General Fund accounts) Revenues Expenses Enrollment

14. FCBE Budget Revenues Local, other State Federal Enrollment Source: FCBE CAFR; Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes In Fund Balances, Actual

15. Enrollment Source: FCBE CAFR; Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes In Fund Balances, Actual Instruction Support Services Debt Service FCBE Budget Expenses

16. Source: FCBE CAFR High School Middle School Elementary School

17. 3% 51% 1% 2% 5% 11% 6% 14%

19. Basic Staffing Principal$85,000 Assistant Principal70,000 Secretary50,000 Art Teacher50,000 Music Teacher45,000 Media Specialist40,000 Media ParaPro35,000 Custodial staff x 275,000 Bookkeeper45,000 Technology55,000 Phys Ed Teacher50,000 Annual $600k per school

20. State Funded Staff State Funded Qty Amount FCBE Payroll Qty Amount Assistant Principal Teachers Bus Drivers Other? Totals

22. Feeders and Demographics Middle 100% 30% 70% Elem +125 -301 30% 25% 70% 15% 85% 75% 30% +85 -147 Hi 60% 40% 100% 55% 45% +33 -423

23. Facility Utilization Elementary Schools, 2011 Reference: 2011 Fayette County School Board Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

24. Facility Utilization Middle Schools, 2011 Reference: 2011 Fayette County School Board Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

25. Facility Utilization High Schools, 2011 Reference: 2011 Fayette County School Board Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

26. Enrollment Forecast Carl Vinson Institute, UGA, undated

27. Enrollment Forecast Carl Vinson Institute, UGA, undated

28. Enrollment Forecast Carl Vinson Institute, UGA, undated

29. Enrollment Forecast Carl Vinson Institute, UGA, undated

30. What Drives Success? Student-Teacher Ratio, -12% Correlation District Ranking in GA Students per Teacher

31. 1 st Grade, 1987- 24 Students

32. What Drives Success? Cost per Student, 10% Correlation District Ranking in GA Cost per Student

33. College & Career Academy Provides additional choices, opportunities Inventory needed skills, potential applicants Benchmark current college & career provisions How to augment/integrate existing programs? Funding

34. Considerations Data driven decisions - Create & maintain accurate (changing) demographics - Tracking graduates’ performance Financial Management - Conform to GA chart of accounts - Zero-base the budget - Improve revenue & expense forecasting Zero-based property assessment: what do we need? Teacher work periods in common room; use empty classrooms; Conform to GA staffing rules Combine elementary, middle, high school bus routes

35. Considerations Close select schools; re-district Cross-county enrollments Superintendent: use a turn-around specialist, then a permanent Sup. PTOs fund subs to allow Teachers’ Professional Development ESPLOST How to increase parental involvement where there is little

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