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Franklin Area School District “What if?”

Franklin Area School District “What if?”. Demographics. 6 Elementary K-6 1 Middle School 7-8 1 High School 9-12. Covers 189 square miles Transports 1,676 students @ Daily Mileage 2,670 Average time on the bus 5 minutes to 50 minutes per run Projected student population

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Franklin Area School District “What if?”

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  1. Franklin Area School District“What if?”

  2. Demographics 6 Elementary K-6 1 Middle School 7-8 1 High School 9-12 Covers 189 square miles Transports 1,676 students @ Daily Mileage 2,670 Average time on the bus 5 minutes to 50 minutes per run Projected student population Elementary – 1,057 Middle School – 362 High School – 745 Total – 2,128

  3. Employment in the District

  4. Transportation

  5. Act 1Law in 2006 that required districts to do things differently with budget. • Homestead/Farmstead Act – Provides tax relief to property owners. • Index – Percentage based on a formula set by the state – to allow Districts if they choose via board approval to raise taxes on an annual basis. Current index of FASD for the 2008-09 school is 4.34% which means the district could raise taxes 1.06 mills and still be within the index. • The index changes each year. That is determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

  6. Franklin Area School District • Number of Homestead/Farmstead qualified Homestead - 4,142 Farmstead – 66 • Currently FASD local property tax is 17 mills • Each mill generates $552,660 in local money • The PDE projected savings to property owners is $221 based on Property Tax Reduction legislation.

  7. Revenue Sources Local Taxes = 44% of total revenue • Real Estate • Earned Income • Real Estate Transfer • Nuisance Taxes State Subsidy = 52% of total revenue Basic Subsidy EAP Grant Accountability Block Grant Federal = 4% of total revenue Title I

  8. Historical Budgetsfor 2001-02 through 2007-08

  9. Historical Actual Educational Cost Per Student

  10. Annual Operating Costs

  11. Physical Structures

  12. Room UtilizationElementary

  13. Teachers by Building

  14. Room Chart

  15. Elementary Projected Enrollments Pennsylvania Department of Education provided

  16. District Historical EnrollmentsElementary

  17. District Enrollment by Building - Elementaryover 10 years of data

  18. Elementary Projected Enrollment2008-09

  19. Historical Enrollments – MS/HS

  20. Elementary / Secondary Class Size • No Magic number • Various Articles – Google 5 million hits • FASD – Policy #126 • 20 students per K class – recommended by state

  21. Class Size Range Number of Elementary Classrooms Student Population Range from 150-190 students

  22. Elementary Teacher to Student Ratio for Years 1997-98 / 2000-01 / 2007-08 and 2008-09 Projected Numbers

  23. Central Renovation Project • October 2007 – Contracted with HHSDR to do feasibility study • November 2007 – Board Presentation of 3 options presented • January 2008 – Central Ad Hoc Committee • April 2008 – Board Presentation of 5 options presented

  24. Combine SchoolsCentral & 7th Street

  25. Chart #1 is a combination of Central and 7th Street based on the number of students enrolled as of October 1, 2007. By combining Central and 7th Street, the number of K-6 classrooms is reduced from 22 to 18. This would represent a reduction of 4 classrooms with the average class size ranging from 17 to 25 students per classroom.

  26. Central has 15 available classrooms and 3 additional classes would be needed, but when you refer to the next chart where Utica is added in the coming years, the need for rooms will increase to house additional students.

  27. Chart #2 is a combination of Central, 7th Street and Utica based on the numbers of students enrolled as of October 1, 2007. By combining Central, 7th Street and Utica, the number of K-6 classrooms is reduced from 28 to 22 classrooms. This would represent a reduction of 6 classrooms. This can only be accomplished by adding additional space to Central to accommodate the additional enrollments. As you can see, Central had 15 rooms available for instruction and, according to the figure provided by combining Central, 7th Street and Utica, the need would be 22 rooms for instruction which would mean an additional 7 rooms.

  28. Chart #3 is Sandycreek and Polk based on the number of students enrolled on October 1, 2007. By combining Sandycreek and Polk in the future (say 5 to 10 years), the number of K-6 classrooms would be reduced from 21 to 20. This represents a reduction of 1 classroom with the average class size ranging from 18 to 26 students.

  29. Refer to the room chart – Presently School Sandycreek has 14 classrooms available. But if Sandycreek and Polk were combined, 5/6 additional classrooms would be needed to accommodate the added enrollment. The 5/6 classrooms can be added to Sandycreek when and if Sandycreek is renovated in the future. Again, in order to receive money in reimbursement, the last project would need to be 20 years ago.

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