[CCHS] SC budget and associated reductions

Wed Jan 7 17:22:41 EST 2004

Hello to all,

	I have promised people that I would speak more directly about budget
matters and specific cuts when I had the opportunity. Well the time has
arrived. Please read this document with respect to the attached document.
I have tried to paste the attached below for those who might not be able
to open it, but columns and lines are formatted improperly. 

	At last night's school committee meeting the school committee considered
for the first time a budget presentation that offered our determination of
the cost to continue business as we currently are. There is included in
this cost about $100,000 of new initiatives. One part of that total is a
bus replacement which has been postponed for a couple years. Another part
of that total is a new administrative software package. The need for the
administrative software involves a lengthy defense but it is truly needed.

	The proposal presented to the School Committee amounted to $17,249,477.
after much discussion the school committee decided to support an budget of
$16,844,079. Thus the School Committee reduced the proposed budget by
$405,398. Of course, as part of the budget presentation the superintendent
was required to present a prioritized list of potential reductions.  The
entire list of potential reductions is attached to this document. The
$405K eliminated the first 8 items.

	However, the School committees approved budget remains $210,202 higher
than the budget recommended by FINCOM in Concord. The Carlisle FINCOM has
yet to make any public statement of support for any particular budget
level. And, remember the Concord FINCOM recommendation already includes a
transfer from cash reserves and an assumed override acceptance.  If the
School committee eventually agrees to the FINCOM Guideline or if the
FINCOM Guideline were eventually approved by the voters Items 9-13 will be
eliminated. 

	Of course, if the final result of all town deliberations and/or votes is
that CCRSD will operate on a Levy Limit Guideline budget then all items on
the attached list will be eliminated plus the additional yet to be
identified 101K will be eliminated. 

	I am trying to present this as simple statements of fact. You can
probably imagine my "gut" reactions to most of the reductions without
elaboration on my part. I will surely be sharing more information with
you. 

Arthur Dulong
Principal, Concord-Carlisle HS
adulong at colonial.net
(978) 318 - 1417  x106

See Below

CCHS – Superintendent’s Recommended Reduction List  - DRAFT

Item	Title											FTE	Amount	Running		Level 1
													Reduced	Total of Reduction	
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________																			17,249,477		
1	Restructure Central Administration Reduces 2.0 Positions with
Administrative Responsibilities	2.000	  68,091		  68,091			17,181,386 
	(Personnel Director, Sped Coordinator – create one position from current
2)
2	Cut Coordinator Positions – Instructional Technology, METCO
Coordinator			1.500	  70,000		138,091			17,111,386
	(METCO Coordinator becomes a 0.5 position)
3	Eliminate Subsidy to Adult & Community Education Administration					 
59,742		197,833			17,051,644
4	Reduce Assistant Principal Account								  20,000		217,833			17,031,644
5	Reduce Custodial Staff									0.500	  20,000		237,833			17,011,644
6	Reduce Teachers  - Increase Student Teacher Ratio to
95:1					2.375	107,956		345,789			16,903,688
	(Reduce 0.5 math, 0.5 For Lang, 0.75 Sci, 0.25 Eng, 0.375 Soc Stud)
7	Eliminate K-12 Curriculum Chairs									    2,790		348,579			16,900,898
8	Reduce Teachers - Decrease Adm Component of Dept Chairs – Increase
Teaching Load		1.250	  56,819		402,608			16,844,079
	(Chairs to teach 3 classes vs current 2)

	THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTED THE 16,844,079 AS THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
ITEMS #1-8 ARE ELIMINATED

9	Reduce Teachers 										0.800	  36,364		438,972			16,807,715
	(Reduce 0.25 Art, 0.25 music, 0.3 Hlth/Fitness)
10	Reduce SPED Tutors									3.000	  60,000		498,972			16,747,715
11	Reduce Co-Curricular activities funding								 
48,000		546,972			16,699,715
	(Would necessitate a $40 activity fee to continue activities as is)
12	Reduce Athletics Budget										110,000		656,972			16,589,715
	(Would necessitate an increased athletic fee - $180 vs $75 per
athlete/per sport)

	Override Guideline $16,633,877 – Requires that $65,298 of the $110K
Athletics reduction be implemented.

13	Eliminate Senior Project										  18,427		675,399			16,571,288
14	Eliminate Career Ed Counselor								0.500	 
22,728		698,127			16,548,560
15	Reduce ELA Remediation Staff								0.500	  21,348		719,475			16,527,212
16	Reduce Co-Curricular (2nd reduction to this area)							 
48,782		768,257			16,478,430
(This would eliminate co-curricular activities except those intrinsic to
CCHS culture (Govt for example) and those competitive with other schools
(Math team for example)
17	Eliminate Radio Station										  23,340		791,597			16,455,090
18	Further Reduce Athletics (2)								2.000	331,477	          
1,123,074			16,123,613
	(This would completely eliminate all Athletics)

	Levy Limit Guideline is $16,022,346 – To meet the Levy Limit Guideline an
additional $101,267 of reductions still need to be identified.	         			

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