Derby Public Schools Superintendent’s Recommended Budget FY2012

1. Derby Public SchoolsSuperintendent’s Recommended BudgetFY2012 Stephen Tracy Superintendent of Schools February 3, 2011

2. Overview

3. Revenue • Federal • Current budget includes $307,000 in Federal ARRA funding (Title I ESEA and IDEA) • ARRA funding ends this year • State • ECS Grant “Frozen” last two years • $6.8 M to City of Derby ($970,000 fed money) • Special Education Excess Cost Grant (65%)

4. Staff/Program Reductions Elementary • Eliminate Full Day K (2 K Teaching positions, 2 K Para positions) • Eliminate 2 classroom Teaching positions (grades 1 – 5) Secondary • Eliminate 2 classroom positions at Derby High School Special Education • Eliminate Para position at DHS Interscholastic Athletics • Reduced from $201,500 to $187,000 ($14,500) • + gate receipts • + 50% of year-end balance in Athletic Enterprise Fund

5. Increasing Costs 1. Wages $ 91,000 • New DEA Contract: $215,000 • Other wage increases: $125,000 • Positions currently on fed funds $108,000 • Proposed Staff Reductions: ($357,000) 2. Benefits $ 408,000 • 15% Premium Increase • Plan Adjustment Factor • Savings resulting from new DEA contract • Savings resulting from elimination of positions

6. Increasing Costs 3. Energy $ 211,000 • Unemployment $ 147,000 • Transportation $ 22,000 • Special Ed Tuition/Trans $ 21,000 • Substitute Teachers $ 50,000 Total Cost Increases: $ 950,000

7. Program Improvements Curriculum Development $ 80,000 Staff Training $ 40,000 Primary Reading Improvement $ 30,000 FT Pre-K Teaching Position $ 33,000 DMS Reading Facilitator Position $ 30,000

8. Program Improvements Summer School $ 50,000 Response to NEASC $ 35,000 Technology Infrastructure $ 31,000 Total Cost of Improvements: $329,000

9. Summary of Cost Increases Non-Discretionary Cost Increases: $ 950,000 Program Improvements: $ 329,000 Total: $1,279,000

10. Early Retirement Incentive ERI agreement with DEA • Salary Savings (unless job eliminated) • Incentive Payments ($50K over 2 years) • Payment for unused sick days (up to $30K over 4 years) Application deadline extended to 2/24/11. Use of federal Education Jobs funds for ERI payments already anticipated in this budget. ERI Impact on FY2012 budget minimal.

11. The Cost of Zero $1.255 million would need to be cut from this recommended budget in order to operate our schools under a BoAT appropriation of $17.735 – a “zero” increase.

12. The Cost of Zero Prospective Reductions to get to Zero Curriculum Development $ 80,000 Staff Training $ 40,000 Primary Reading Improvement $ 30,000 DMS Reading Facilitator Position $ 30,000 Summer School $ 50,000 Response to NEASC $ 35,000

13. The Cost of Zero Prospective Reductions to get to Zero Technology Infrastructure $ 31,000 All Interscholastic Sports $ 190,000 All Art/Music Programs $ 400,000 4 Non-Certified positions $ 108,000 Total Prospective Reductions: $ 994,000

14. The Cost of Zero Still need to cut another $261,000 to get to “zero”

15. A “Slow Motion Disaster” Over last few years, our schools have lost: FY2009 Assistant Supt Curriculum & PD FY2010 4 Librarians, 5 teachers, 12 Paras FY2011 Custodian, Security positions, PD, Maintenance funding FY2012 6 more teachers, 3 Paras, other ??

16. In the Long Run….. Strategic Planning Committee Considering several options to improve service and contain costs in the long run: • Regionalize? • Close a School? • Differentiated Staffing? • On-line Learning? • Magnet/Charter programs? However, none of these will impact FY2012