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

2. 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

3. 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
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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Budget Overview Statement
The 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.

11. 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

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