Leonia School District 2016-2017 School Budget Presentation to the Board and the Public April 26, 2016 Scholarship….Citizenship…Excellence

Overview of the Leonia Schools Student Population – 1859 (including 1394 Leonia students, 417 Edgewater students, and 48 tuition students) Staff – 339 (including administrators, professional staff, teacher assistants, clerical staff and custodians) Includes 46 Leonia residents who work full time and an additional 43 Leonia residents who work as subs and/or coaches

Leonia School District 2016-17 Budget Overview Proposed School Budget: $36,101,703 (Includes General Fund; Special Revenue Fund & Debt Service Fund) Proposed General Fund Tax Levy: $18,671,582 Reflects $576,512 (3.19%) increase from 2015-16 Taxpayer impact for School Tax and Debt Service Fiscal year increase of 2.99% ($215.76) Calendar year increase of 1.43% ($102.51) School Tax/$100 average assessed home value Average assessed home value = $432,634

FY 16-17 Leonia School District’s Budget Guidelines Targets Funds for Student Achievement Supports Program and Curricular Needs including the new Marketing and Business Leadership Academy. Supports Continued Program Development and Technology Targets Long-Range Planning Stabilizes Building Maintenance and Operations Upgrades Information Management Needs

FY 16-17 Leonia School District’s Budget Guidelines Targets Funds for Student Achievement Maintains educational programs including AP course selections, independent internships/independent study. Adds AP Psychology & AP Economics. Carefully increases staff and stabilizes class sizes Maintains balanced literacy programs at ACS and LMS. Maintains Math needs at both schools. Maintains expanded ELL programs, expanded classes in mathematics and language arts, expanded enrichment program in ACS Provides continued support for all athletic and co-curricular programs

FY 16-17 Leonia School District’s Budget Guidelines Supports Program and Curricular Needs Provides a literacy coach for staff and students at ACS Provides additional non-fiction materials for classrooms and libraries in all three schools Supports additional digital resources to facilitate instruction in all schools to replace or supplement texts. Adds technology support for alignment to PARCC assessments, the Revised Core & Next Generation Science Standards Increases educational supplies, software and computer hardware

FY 16-17 Leonia School District’s Budget Guidelines Supports Continued Program Development and Technology Needs Mandated Teacher/Principal Evaluation Genesis software for staff and student management, and evaluation MPPR for principal evaluation Adds IEP Direct for Special Education Aesop for curriculum repository, On-Course for lesson planning, Applitrack for staff marketing.

FY17 Leonia School District’s Budget Guidelines Targets Long-Range Planning Technology Additional Chromebooks, 3-D Printer, completion of the fiber-optics project, software, hardware Facilities Renovated auditorium at ACS, continues updating of security cameras, new sign at LMS, fence repair at ACS & Board Office, wetland study at LHS, updated AED’s

FY 16-17 Leonia School District’s Budget Guidelines Stabilizes Building Maintenance and Operations Including Items in the Long-Range Facility Plan New Curtains, painting & refinishing floor at ACS Locker upgrades at LMS & LHS Classroom painting and refurbishing Upgrades Information Management Shared services agreement with borough for fiber-optics.

Budget Overview Statement The 2016-17 proposed budget ensures that the School Community of Edgewater and Leonia will continue to operate at a high-performing level in a cost-conscience economic time and anticipates substantial progress and growth. We remain a prudently managed public resource that is supportive of community interests and responsive to the individual needs of families and their children.

FY16-17 Leonia School District’s Budget Operatives To balance this budget, we. . . Carefully monitored spending, looked to outside sources of revenue Supported operating budget with revenue once dropped to surplus Purchased one-time supplies/equipment from surplus funds rather than from the operating budget Expensed “potential” out-of-district placements to surplus Accommodated contractual obligations and projected contract settlements

Please feel free to contact: Joanne Megargee – Superintendent Ernie Turner– Board Secretary