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Busting the Deficit

Busting the Deficit. By: Grace Chung, Travis McGrath, Will Naber and Paul Pakenham. Problem. Total cost for NHN/NHS: $9,993,376 •Deficit of $3,362,000 in the Fiscal Year 2009 District operating budget.

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Busting the Deficit

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  1. Busting the Deficit By: Grace Chung, Travis McGrath, Will Naber and Paul Pakenham

  2. Problem • Total cost for NHN/NHS: $9,993,376 • •Deficit of $3,362,000 in the Fiscal Year 2009 District operating budget. • •The district would have to access $1.3-$1.5 million in catastrophic aid funding in order to compensate for the expendetures made in the prior year. • •A mixture of cuts and revenue generating ideas can be used to solve this deficit.

  3. Special Services • ESL- • The current student-teacher-ratio for the ESL program is 9 to 1. Cutting 2 teachers from the department saves $94,000 and makes the ratio 27 to 1, still within limits. NHN: $ 163,1821 NHS: $ 153,4191 From these two positions $316,601 could be saved, over 20% of our deficit solved. The program would remain in operation just class sizes increased. 1-Page 33

  4. Career & Technical Education • Vocational Programs – Supplies, Educational total: $ 51,1971 NHN: $ 39,1971 NHS: $ 12,0001 There is such a large difference in money between the vocational programs at South and at North. The cost difference maybe due to the more extensive CTE courses at North such as Biotech, or the cooking course but the costs are border-lining the red zone. • Career & Tech. Education – Teacher, Total: $ 195,4162 NHN: $ 137,9562 NHS: $ 57,4602 • Why are there non-honors classes in career advancement courses? The CTE courses are serious classes meant for students who would like to strive in that particular subject. All career advanced classes should be changed to honors classes rather than having multiple classes in different levels. • Example: Marketing Education spend a grand total of $ 65,440 (without teachers pay:$3,000)without an additional lower leveled class, $3,000 dollars would be saved. 1-Page 37 2-Page 39

  5. Athletics • Freshmen Teams(approximate total)= Baseball Total: $4,4861 Boys Basketball Total: $5,2022 Girls Basketball Total: $5,0492 Football Total: $7,3123 Volleyball Total: $3,7764 Softball Total: $3,7204 Total Cut=$29,545 -By cutting all the freshmen teams within the district for both North and South there would be an estimated total of $59,090 saved. 1-Page 42 2-Page 46 3-Page 48 4-Page 61

  6. Student Services • School Secretary - $ 192,344 NHN: $ 124,852 NHS: $ 67,4921 • 1110 - ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL $ 352,1252 Contract Srvcs-Instruction: $ 340,1252 - Reducing the amount of contracted services can significantly decrease the amount of money spent. -Although it could be based on experience, it is unclear why north’s spending on secretary's is nearly twice as much as south. An additional $57,360 is being spent for reasons unknown. 1 – Page 27 2 – Page 66

  7. Media and Technology Services •  Why are we spending $217,000 on librarians when teachers could do this during their planning periods? NHN: $ 116,721 NHS: $ 101,904 1 Cutting down the payroll in media services could free up a lot of money and stray the cuts away from areas that would greater effect students. One or two librarians with volunteer teachers who would like to help in the library during a planning period would be a simple solution to maintain a well run library and save money. 1- Page 73

  8. Plant Operations • School Janitors: • Cutting the first shift of janitorial services would allow the school district to cut four janitors. • The cost for one janitor is about $35,000*. • By cutting four janitors, the district can save $140,000*. * - Information obtained via the Dec. 21st memo

  9. Transportation • Cut amount of buses to North/South: Pupil Transportation Systemwide Total = $ 18,873* -To get to North, there are two buses that come by to pick up the students. The late bus should be cut and a bell system should be arranged for North students to leave at the same time. • Teacher always complain about students leaving class too early • There are only few students who ride the bus at a time, no need to waste money on a late bus. - A school bus ticket to get to and from school is $50 per semester per child. For CTE course students, it would make sense for them to pay extra money for transportation to get to other schools. • Cut Alvirne HS courses: -Alvirne courses should be cut out completely from our school system. This action would save us money in transportation. - This saves roughly 10,000* dollars while only effecting roughly 38* students. * - Information obtained via the Dec. 21st memo

  10. Miscellaneous Cuts • Freshmen seminar – • Roughly $352,000 can be cut by the removal of freshmen seminar. • The downside to this removal is an increase in other class sizes. • But the removal allows freshmen to pick other classes and begin taking necessary courses earlier. • This gives them the ability to select more electives in the future.

  11. Revenue Budget Cuts Demonstrate Failure Budget cuts can only continue for so long Students and faculty are inevitably hurt One business can not make enough profit to fix the problem. By creating a large business that runs many smaller businesses, we can generate enough revenue to solve the deficit.

  12. Deficit Busters is an Umbrella Company • Multiple independent businesses will be run by students annually making use of the common infrastructure. The Umbrella Company will be run by elected students in the program • Each business will be reviewed and approved by a business advisor either from the community as a volunteer, or from the teaching staff • Students participating in each business will receive AP credit with a grade based on their commercial performance • No expenses incurred by the student volunteers will be reimbursed, so that must be accounted for in the selection of businesses • Businesses will remit all proceeds to the operational budget of the Nashua School Department • Marketing, advertising, and web hosting will be provided to each company within the DB Umbrella

  13. Service Oriented Business Model demand Supply

  14. Summary Revenue: • Create a not-for profit umbrella business run by students. • Use the main business to support smaller businesses created and run by students. • This can account for as much as a third of the deficit soon and keep providing continuous profit in the future. Cuts: Lower the costs of ESL, transportation, plant operations, Media and technology and athletics Remove Freshmen seminar Remove non-honors career advancement courses. This accounts for roughly two thirds of the deficit. Overall: Doing this can bust the 1.5 million dollar deficit and potentailly provide funds for the school in the future.

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