Northside ISD and Growth in the Leon Springs Area

1. Northside ISD and Growth in the Leon Springs Area Brian T. Woods, Ed.D. Superintendent Northside ISD

2. About Northside ISD • Fourth largest school district in Texas • Expected enrollment: 99,848 • Growing by 2,400 to 3,500 students annually • Estimated peak enrollment: 145,000 • Staff: 12,487 • 112 schools

3. NISD Demographics Free/Reduced Lunch: 53.4%

4. NISD Graduation Rate

5. NISD Budget / Taxation • NISD 2012-13 all funds budget: $1 billion • NISD tax rate: $1.3755 • Interest & Sinking (bond projects): $0.3355 • Maintenance & Operations (day-to-day operations including personnel costs): $1.0400 • No tax increase for 2012-13 & current rate over $.08 less than projected

6. Revenue

7. Expenditures

8. Expenditures by Area

9. NISD Challenges Finance Growth Testing & Accountability

10. School Finance Myths • Myth: The Legislature increased education funding during the past legislative session • Truth: The state budget for public education is slightly higher than the previous biennium, but does not account for 170,000 additional students or loss of $3.2 billion in federal stimulus funds from previous budgets

11. Education Budget Cuts • Statewide budget cuts • $4 billion from Foundation School Program • $1.4 billion from education grants • 170,000 additional students over biennium • NISD budget cuts • $19 million in 2010-11 in anticipation • Additional $42.4 million in 2011-12 (total $61.4 mil.) • Reduced staff by almost 1,000 positions • No salary increases, cut stipends • Increase class size and many other reductions

12. School Finance Myths • Myth: Schools have significantly more administrative staff than they did 30 years ago. • Truth: The percentage of teachers to non-teachers hasn’t changed substantially since the 1980s. • TEA didn’t count auxiliary personnel prior to 1980s.

13. School Finance Lawsuit • Trial begins Oct. 22 • Six different plaintiff groups • Lawsuits claim the current school finance system is: • Inadequate • Inefficient • Inequitable • Unconstitutional statewide property tax

14. Budget cuts made just as school districts make transition to…

15. Issues Surrounding Testing & Accountability • New test and new accountability system • Overreliance on testing as a means of measuring students, schools and districts • The means has become the end • New accountability system – will it be understandable

16. The Challenge of Growth Add 2,400 to 3,500 students per year Will continue to need new schools and to renovate existing facilities Bond issue likely in 2014

17. NISD Goals for 2012-13 and Beyond Perform well on state tests Work on the career portion of “college and career readiness” Emphasize advanced academics in practice and philosophy Budget conservatively in highly uncertain times Plan with growth in mind

18. Leon Springs Area Growth & Development Dr. Sara McAndrew ES opens in 2013 to relieve Aue ES Small school (540) due to location and nature of building in the area Attendance boundary hearing / decision late this year

19. Leon Springs Area Growth & Development “Cielo Vista area South” ES opens 2014 to relieve schools in the IH-10 corridor (including Leon Springs ES) Target enrollment 800 Attendance boundary process in the Fall of 2013

20. Leon Springs Area Growth & Development “North area” MS site owned adjacent to McAndrew ES site Currently planned to open beyond the ten year planning cycle

21. Leon Springs Area Growth & Development • Update on multi-family project across from Leon Springs ES • SA City Council approved zoning change • Waiting for TxDOT to approve road closure (Old Fredericksburg Rd.) • Expect leasing in Spring 2014 • Approximately 320 units