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AGENDA

AGENDA The following is the agenda for the special meeting of the Spalding Public School Board of Education to be held on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 8:00 PM in the City Auditorium in Spalding, Nebraska. 1. Call Meeting to Order

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AGENDA

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  1. AGENDA • The following is the agenda for the special meeting of the Spalding Public School Board of Education to be held on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 8:00 PM in the City Auditorium in Spalding, Nebraska. • 1. Call Meeting to Order • Inform Public on the location of the posted Open Meetings Act and verification of meeting notice. • Approval of Agenda and Changes to Agenda • Excuse absent board members • 4. Powerpoint Presentation regarding Spalding Public School’s operating • budget • Part I: Joan Carraher • Part II: Stephanie Wlaschin • Part III: Sherry Asche • 5. Audience questions & comments—INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: • Time Limit: You may speak only one time and must limit comments to 5 minutes or less. • Personnel or Student Topic:. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a Board meeting. • General Rules: Please remember that this is a public meeting for the conduct of the business of the Board of Education. Offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated. • BY: SPALDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  2. SpaldingPublicSchool Levy Override Election Tuesday, August 14, 2007

  3. Spalding PublicSchool--1907

  4. Monthly Ending Balances Borrowed Money for 43 of the last 48 months

  5. Total Budget

  6. 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07est

  7. Dollars Spent in Spalding Since Sept. 2004 Continued……………..

  8. This does not include money spent from the Activity Fund

  9. SCHOOL FUNDING Needs – Resources =State Aid Enrollment Local Taxes (formulaIncome Tax students)Other Receipts Option Funding

  10. Estimated State Aid for 2007-08 196,284.98 +65,292.19Prior Year Correction 261,577.17

  11. Hampton School History

  12. CERTIFIED AMOUNTS FROM COUNTY CLERKS & ADJUSTED VALUATIONS BY THE NE DEPT. OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT & TAXATION Greeley Wheeler Boone Total NE Adj. Total

  13. NDE STATE AID CERTIFICATION INFORMATION School District Levy 2007-08 2006 Local Effort Est. Est. Valuation Valuation Estimated ‘07

  14. School District Annual Financial Reports

  15. 2006-2007 Spalding Schools’ Enrollment 13 17 17 15 20 13 21 11 12 21 12 11 17 200

  16. Projected Number of Kindergartners

  17. ADMINISTRATION SALARY COMPARISONS School Supt. Principal

  18. Teacher Salary Comparisons Base Salary Ins.. Contract Avg/CD HI Ded. Days Benefit

  19. SPS Teacher Salary Schedule 2006-07

  20. STATEAND FEDERAL MANDATES Special Education Costs Achievement Testing State Standards Testing Response to Intervention Rule 10 Requirements for Accreditation

  21. NE Department of Education and SPS School Instructional Program Report 2006-07

  22. District Concerns *Declining enrollment *Special Education requirements *Meeting Rule 10 curriculum requirements for accreditation *Increased energy costs *Facility improvements: plumbing, wiring, windows, flooring, security *Technology—computer updates and adequate lab for students *Transportation—vehicle replacement costs for aging vans and driver’s education car-vans replaced by 2011 *Interest costs due to borrowed money *No ready cash reserve *Retaining qualified and quality teachers

  23. What Has Been Done to Reduce Expenditures? *Elimination of full-time Industrial Arts program and replaced with a 3/4 Vocational Agriculture program. *Reduced 1 Elementary Aide position *Other positions reduced to half time: Family Consumer Sciences Business/Technology Library/Media K-12 Counselor Music-.625 *Cafeteria staff reduced from 3 to 2 employees *Full-time Secretary & PT Bookkeeper reduced to 1 Secretary/Bookkeeper position *Salaries and benefits kept to a minimum

  24. Other Schools Currently Operating under a Levy Override SPALDING PROPOSED $1.20

  25. What Will It Cost Taxpayers Per Year? How Much Will Your Taxes Increase Annually? Real Estate Value Est. Increase *If the override passes, the new levy would take effect in the 2007 tax year. The first collection of taxes at the new levy amount would be in December 2007 and delinquent May 1, 2008.

  26. LB 968 Ag. Land Valuation from 80% to 75% LB 367-Property Tax Credit Act A reduction of approximately $83 in savings on each $100,000 of taxable property valuation

  27. SAMPLE BALLOT SAMPLE OFFICIAL BALLOT GREELEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39-0055, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SPALDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA Shall Greeley County School District No. 39-0055, commonly known as Spalding Public Schools, be allowed to levy a property tax not to exceed fifteen cents (15¢) per one hundred dollars ($100.00.) of valuation in excess of the limits and exemptions prescribed by law for fiscal years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 for the purposes of general operations and any other lawful purpose? CONTINUED………

  28. Shall Greeley County School District No. 39-0055 be allowed to exceed the applicable allowable growth percentage so that its general fund budget of expenditures, plus unused budget authority, for the coming school year (fiscal year 2007-08) shall increase by fifteen percent, which is $219,000 over and above the current year’s (fiscal year 2006-07) general fund budget of expenditures, which percentage and amount shall allow spending authority to equal levy authority over the next 5 fiscal year period covered by this proposition? FOR said Proposition AGAINST said Proposition

  29. We Encourage You to Get Out and Vote August 14, 2007

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