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Association of Metropolitan School Districts December 19, 2008

Association of Metropolitan School Districts December 19, 2008. Minnesota’s fastest growing school district. Exploding to Imploding. Dr. Mark Bezek Superintendent. Who we are…. Area Five counties 16 municipalities 174.3 square miles Size Ninth largest district in state

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Association of Metropolitan School Districts December 19, 2008

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  1. Association of Metropolitan School DistrictsDecember 19, 2008 Minnesota’s fastest growing school district Exploding to Imploding Dr. Mark Bezek Superintendent

  2. Who we are… • Area • Five counties • 16 municipalities • 174.3 square miles • Size • Ninth largest district in state • 12,500+ Pre-K12 learners • 62,000+ total learners

  3. Who we are… • Community demographics • Average age: 31 • 27 percent under 18-years-old • Average income: $68,008 • 70 percent are commuters • 90 percent have a high school education

  4. Where we’ve been…

  5. Where we’ve been…explosive growth • From 2002 to 2007, district enrollment increased by 2,583 students. • No district in the state added more students during this period. • The increase is more than the total enrollment of almost 80 percent of all school districts in Minnesota. • Growth equivalent to FOUR LARGE ELEMENTAY schools. • Voters did not support bond in 2007. • Outlook for future bond is not optimistic

  6. Where we are…

  7. Where we are… • Current average class sizes Average Max Kindergarten: 24 (24) Grades 1 – 5: 26 (35) Grades 6 – 8: 32 (37) Grades 9 – 12: 32 (39) • With “Leveled Growth” • We will still need to spend $1.2 million annually to avoid increasing our current class sizes.

  8. Where we are… • Budget challenges • Flat enrollment and faltering economy equals cuts of up to $5 million (4.67 percent) next FY. • Preliminary analysis…if trend continues $12 million will need to be cut in the next two years. • Levy renewal passed in 2008…next is 2011…voter tolerance? • Bond and referenda unlikely in the next three to five years.

  9. Where we are…

  10. Where we are… • We are near the bottomof the 25 largest school districts in Minnesota in referendum funding. • We are near the bottom of Metropolitan School Districts in excess levy referendum funding. • Of the 25 largest school districts in the state, we receive the lowest amount of TOTAL Fund 01 dollars per student (ADM). • Put another way, we receive $1,000less (= $12.5 million) than large school districts and the state average.

  11. Where we are… • Of the 25 largest school districts in the state: • We receive the lowest amount of Fund 01 (Excess Levy) dollars per student (ADM) from local sources. • $750 less than the large district average and about $400 less than the state average. • We rank second in the dollars per student spent on debt service. • $1,643 per student (ADM). • More than $600 higher than the large district average and state average.

  12. We’re heading for an implosion

  13. Don’t let us implode

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