Derby Public Schools Superintendent’s Recommended Budget FY2012 Stephen Tracy Superintendent of Schools February 3, 2011

Overview Current FY2011 Proposed FY2012Difference% Change Total Budget from All Sources$ M$ M$1.147 M 6.0% Federal Revenue$1.161 M$1.051 M($0.110 M)-9.3% BoAT Appropriation$ M$ M$1.255 M 7.0%

Revenue Federal Current budget includes $307,000 in Federal ARRA funding (Title I ESEA and IDEA) ARRA funding ends this year State ECS Grant “Frozen” last two years $6.8 M to City of Derby ($970,000 fed money) Special Education Excess Cost Grant (65%)

Staff/Program Reductions Elementary Eliminate Full Day K (2 K Teaching positions, 2 K Para positions) Eliminate 2 classroom Teaching positions (grades 1 – 5) Secondary Eliminate 2 classroom positions at Derby High School Special Education Eliminate Para position at DHS Interscholastic Athletics Reduced from $201,500 to $187,000 ($14,500) + gate receipts + 50% of year-end balance in Athletic Enterprise Fund

Increasing Costs 1. Wages $ 91,000 New DEA Contract: $215,000 Other wage increases: $125,000 Positions currently on fed funds $108,000 Proposed Staff Reductions: ($357,000) 2. Benefits $ 408,000 15% Premium Increase Plan Adjustment Factor Savings resulting from new DEA contract Savings resulting from elimination of positions

Increasing Costs 3. Energy $ 211,000 4.Unemployment $ 147,000 5.Transportation $ 22,000 6.Special Ed Tuition/Trans $ 21,000 7.Substitute Teachers $ 50,000 Total Cost Increases: $ 950,000

Program Improvements Curriculum Development $ 80,000 Staff Training $ 40,000 Primary Reading Improvement $ 30,000 FT Pre-K Teaching Position $ 33,000 DMS Reading Facilitator Position $ 30,000

Program Improvements Summer School $ 50,000 Response to NEASC $ 35,000 Technology Infrastructure $ 31,000 Total Cost of Improvements: $329,000

Summary of Cost Increases Non-Discretionary Cost Increases: $ 950,000 Program Improvements: $ 329,000 Total: $1,279,000

Early Retirement Incentive ERI agreement with DEA Salary Savings (unless job eliminated) Incentive Payments ($50K over 2 years) Payment for unused sick days (up to $30K over 4 years) Application deadline extended to 2/24/11. Use of federal Education Jobs funds for ERI payments already anticipated in this budget. ERI Impact on FY2012 budget minimal.

The Cost of Zero $1.255 million would need to be cut from this recommended budget in order to operate our schools under a BoAT appropriation of $ – a “zero” increase.

The Cost of Zero Prospective Reductions to get to Zero Curriculum Development $ 80,000 Staff Training $ 40,000 Primary Reading Improvement $ 30,000 DMS Reading Facilitator Position $ 30,000 Summer School $ 50,000 Response to NEASC $ 35,000

The Cost of Zero Prospective Reductions to get to Zero Technology Infrastructure $ 31,000 All Interscholastic Sports $ 190,000 All Art/Music Programs $ 400,000 4 Non-Certified positions $ 108,000 Total Prospective Reductions: $ 994,000

The Cost of Zero Still need to cut another $261,000 to get to “zero”

A “Slow Motion Disaster” Over last few years, our schools have lost: FY2009Assistant Supt Curriculum & PD FY20104 Librarians, 5 teachers, 12 Paras FY2011Custodian, Security positions, PD, Maintenance funding FY20126 more teachers, 3 Paras, other ??

In the Long Run….. Strategic Planning Committee Considering several options to improve service and contain costs in the long run: Regionalize? Close a School? Differentiated Staffing? On-line Learning? Magnet/Charter programs? However, none of these will impact FY2012