1. Budget Reductions Appoquinimink School District April 2012

2. Delaware was hit hard by the 2008 recession and recovery is lagging. As a result, the State has been forced to make deep cuts in many areas – including education.

3. State cuts (annual impact on ASD):  Student transportation ($470,000)  Reading specialists ($410,000)  Math specialists ($135,000)  School-based discipline ($517,000)  Limited English Proficiency grant ($39,034)  Technology block grant ($95,176)  Tax relief allocation ($541,728)  Academic Excellence ($301,262)  Energy funding ($155,000) State reductions

4. More State cuts (annual impact on ASD):  Extra time programs ($437,942)  OEC shifted to districts ($450,000)  Professional development funds ($85,000)  State tuition reimbursement ($69,830)  Teacher cadre and mentoring ($62,426)  Division II All Other Costs cuts ($206,000) TOTAL: $3.97M per year … offset by only $1.85M in Federal relief (Ed Jobs Fund) in FY2012. State reductions

5. Due to the recession, the enrollment growth that helped enable us to keep ahead of inflation and expand programs is slowing. Date # and % increase over prev yr 9/30/07 605 8.0% 9/30/08 511 6.2% 9/30/09 391 4.5% 9/30/10 224 2.5% 9/30/11 114 1.2% Growth is slowing

6. To continue services, we drew from our reserves, hoping that state funding and growth would return when the economy picked up … but the economy is still in the doldrums. Using our reserve funds

7. Local operating fund carryover 6/30/08 $4.3M 6/30/09 $5.4M 6/30/10 $5.2M 6/30/11 $3.5M 6/30/12 $1.8M (proj) Using our reserve funds

8. Enrollment growth Local operating fund carryover 9/30/07 605 8.0% 6/30/08 $4.3M 9/30/08 511 6.2% 6/30/09 $5.4M 9/30/09 391 4.5% 6/30/10 $5.2M 9/30/10 224 2.5% 6/30/11 $3.5M 9/30/11 114 1.2% 6/30/12 $1.8M (proj) Growth and operating fund carryover

9. We have reduced spending, but with enrollment growth slowing and reserves no longer robust enough to bear the burden, we need to act to cut $2 million in expenses by June 2013. Current situation

10. We’re asking you to help us get there by identifying ideas for cost savings in your school and across the district. If you have ideas, please fill out the survey or submit ideas via your school administrators. Together, we’ll achieve our goal! Please provide input!