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Looking Forward ~ Ongoing Budget Work. June 25, 2013 School District 69 ( Qualicum ). 4 Year Plan to Balance. January 2013: $3 million over 4 years Year One: 2013-14: $639,000 increase in revenues (sustainable?) $226,000 ongoing savings from Admin, O&M and Transportation
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Looking Forward ~ Ongoing Budget Work June 25, 2013 School District 69 (Qualicum)
4 Year Plan to Balance • January 2013: $3 million over 4 years • Year One: 2013-14: • $639,000 increase in revenues (sustainable?) • $226,000 ongoing savings from Admin, O&M and Transportation • $419,750 one-time savings and use of surplus • June 2013: $2,146,615 over next 3 years
Ongoing Budget Work • Currently working on for 2013/14: • Reduction of Lease Costs • Reduction of utility costs through locking off surplus space: • #1 Portables (highest consumer of heat and electricity) • #2 Sections of Schools – reduce utilities to min. • #3 Individual Classrooms – electricity savings + better use of custodial services • Implementation of p-cards with % savings rebate back to the board
Ongoing Budget Work • Currently working on for 2013/14: • Implementation of Year 1 of the Transportation Review Plan • Discussions with RDN regarding Transportation – initial discussions indicate legislative limitations • Copier and peripheral device review: • New machines – more efficient for staff, savings on ink • Reduce # of devices – utility savings • Lease vs. buy
Ongoing Budget Work • 2013/14 work for 2014/15 • International Student Program – define goals and program objectives and how they might effect budget • Distributed Learning – course development to enhance opportunities leading to increased grant revenue • Development of a new Long Term IT Plan
Ongoing Budget Work • 2013/14 work for 2014/15 • Make a long term decision on the PCTC in context of a broader review of facilities • School amalgamation and cost reduction study • Short term reduction of high cost leased sites • Recommend a reduction of 900 pupil spaces to right size the district given 10 year growth projections • Review of cost neutrality of Family Place after 1 year of operations (Fall 2013)
Ongoing Budget Work • 2013/14 work for 2014/15 • Recommend to AFG to consider projects that reduce ongoing operational expenses • Review areas where busses have room for increases in service which will increase ridership
Ongoing Budget Work • Other Items identified through the budget: • Review of Secondary optional courses and impact of providing these courses on students and budget • Review of Special Needs and Student Support Services budget in light of chronic under-funding in this area • Review of various instructional models for best fit for our district including the Finnish model, or a model of low pupil to teacher rations with little or no support staff.
Ongoing Budget Work • Other Items identified through the budget: • Ongoing evaluation of Non-enrolling teacher expenditure areas such as Career Programs, Counseling, Special Ed, ESL, Continuing Education • Leveraging of community resources to further develop the Community School model • Evaluate distribution of workload given changes in personnel at senior management level