MSAD #11 2012-2013 PROPOSED BUDGET

MSAD #11 District Goals The budget was developed to ensure implementation of the district goals and to prepare students post-secondary, career, and civic life.

MSAD #11 District Goals Academic Achievement Educational Data Specialist - needed to analyze individual student data and to provide additional staff training New Evaluation Tools for teachers, administrators, superintendent, and support staff positions Adequate funding for Professional Development

MSAD #11 District Goals Educational Coherence Continued support for growth model assessments - NWEA testing in the fall, winter, and spring Class reconfiguration at the middle school - two person teams in grade 6 and looping in grades 7 & 8 (this reconfiguration could also fall under Academic Achievement) Additional early release day for staff and curriculum development work

MSAD #11 District Goals More Diverse Learning Opportunities Enhanced summer school program for struggling students Reassignment of middle school alternative ed personnel in effort to better support student achievement/needs Adequate funding for curriculum materials

MSAD #11 District Goals Safe and Educational Supportive Climate A fully funded Capital Improvement Plan Positive Behavior Intervention Support implementation and training designed to help teach students specific appropriate behaviors Reinstitution of the Middle School Advisor/Advisee Program as one tool to enhance connections between staff and students

MSAD #11 District Goals Community Connections Community Conversation in October - sponsored by the MSAD #11 School Board Aspiration Fair at the elementary level - designed to expose students to various career opportunities within our communities Proposed high school senior internship program

2012-2013 Proposed Budget The budget was also constructed to address an ongoing decline in student enrollment and to minimize the impact to taxpayers

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Enrollment Decline May 2011 - March 2012 - 56 student decrease Projected Enrollment for 2012-2013 - anticipated decline of another 32 students (unknown until kindergarten registration is complete in August) 4.2% six year decline

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Decline in enrollment results in a subsequent decline in state subsidy The further the district is from the recommended staffing levels identified in the state subsidy formula, the greater loss in state subsidy Not addressing the decline in enrollment results in a number of classrooms falling below the School Board class size policy and a loss of state subsidy

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Proposed budget reductions from 2011-2012 to 2012-2013: 5 elementary teaching positions 1 middle school special education teaching position 1 high school learning lab teaching position 1 elementary educational technician I position

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Additional changes in the proposed budget: Increase in annual bus lease Salary and benefit increases Electricity decrease Increase in fuel oil Restoration of money for library books and professional development

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Additional changes in the proposed budget: Decrease in number of seats budgeted for CATC (based on present enrollment and projected decline in enrollment) Full funding of the annual Capital Improvement Plan Additional duties of Educational Data Specialist added to T.C. Hamlin Principal’s position

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Proposed Budget = $21,402,745.46 Comparison to the 2011-2012 budget: A decrease of: ($506,888.59) or (2.31%)

Per Pupil Cost Comparison

Effect on Property Owners Gardiner (107,718.35) (3.30%) Pittston ( 5,296.29) (0.30%) Randolph 22,636.00 2.91% West Gardiner ( 7,231.72) (0.31%)

Effect of Property Owners $100,000 of Local Valuation Gardiner $ (29.89) Pittston $ ( 2.92) Randolph $ 26.76 West Gardiner $ ( 2.57)

2012-2013 Proposed Budget Next Step: Budget Meeting - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @ 6 p.m. @ Gardiner Area High School Gymnasium Budget Referendum - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 @ local polling sites