Rockport Public

School District

FY2011 Budget Presentation

Budget Version #5
March 10, 2010
FY11 School Budget Wishes
• Maintain all current educational programs

• Add grade 3 teacher

(reduce average class size of 26 to 19-20)

• 40% high school math teacher (meet

increased student enrollment due to
MCAS requirements)
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 FY11 School Budget Wishes
• Reinstate full-time EL School Adjustment Counselor
position (increase from 80% to 100% position)

• Reinstate full-time K-12 School Psychologist position

(increase from 80% to 100% position)

• Provide MS Substantially Separate Special Education

class for special education classified students aging into
MS from ES Substantially Separate Special Education
class

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 FY11 Budget Dilemmas
FY10 Approved FY11 Necessary Percentage
Department Budget Budget Increase
Administration $ 557,006 $ 573,148 +2.9%
Elementary $ 2,247,702 $ 2,242,762 -0.2%
Middle School $ 1,506,083 $ 1,564,778 +3.9%
High School $ 1,914,425 $ 1,996,349 +4.3%
Technology $ 190,900 $ 191,803 +0.5%
Athletics $ 223,644 $ 224,788 +0.5%
Special Education $ 3,127,468 $ 3,478,394 +11.2%
Operations/Main. $ 483,156 $ 491,190 +1.7%
Fuel & Power $ 348,637 $ 359,096 +3.0%
Transportation $ 70,280 $ 70,465 +0.3%

Total to Operate $ 10,669,301 $ 11,192,773 +4.9%

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 FY11 Budget Dilemmas
• Necessary Services Budget (with offsets) of $10,203,860 +
$901,632 over Town Guideline Budget of $9,302,228

• Additional $350,926, or +11.2%, needed to fund FY11

Special Education programs (budgeted)

• Additional $70,092 needed to fund an additional Grade 3 Teacher

and an additional 40% High School Math Teacher (budgeted)

• $547,725 of one-time School Revenue is

no longer available (used to fund shortfall in FY 10 budget)
(eliminated)

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 FY11 Budget Dilemmas
Total Town contribution to school budget

FY07 -1.21% increase

FY08 +2.30% increase
FY09 +1.09% increase
FY10 +1.86% increase

Avg. Increase Town

FY2007-2011 +1.01% increase/yr.

FY98 –FY06 +5.2% increase/yr.

(prior 9 years)
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 Annual Budget Comparison
Source: Town Reports
% Increase Over
Fiscal Yr Total Appropriation Previous Year
FY97 $5,600,689.00 ----
FY98 $5,796,912.00 3.50%
FY99 $6,232,524.00 7.50%
FY00 $6,660,529.00 6.87%
FY01 $7,582,654.00 13.84%
FY02 $7,954,250.00 5.40%
FY03 $9,754,250.00 0.00%
FY04 $7,973,758.00 0.25%
FY05 $8,360,013.00 4.84%
FY06 $8,739,558.00 4.54%
FY07 $8,939,674.00 2.29%
FY08 $8,831,295.00 -1.21%
FY09 $9,034,633.00 2.30%
FY10 $9,132,663.00 1.09%
FY11 Town Guideline $9,302,228.00 1.86%
FY11 School Needs $10,203,860.00 11.73%

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 FY11 Budget Dilemmas
Special Education Cost Increases

• Teacher Assistant positions - 18 to 25

Increase of +38%, or +$149,355
($396,254 [FY10] to $545,609 [FY11])

• Middle School Substantially Separate Classroom

program
For elementary students coming to middle school from
ES Substantially Separate Classroom program –
Increase of +17%, or +$57,303 increase
($334,119 [FY10] to $391,422 [FY11])

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 FY11 Budget Dilemmas
Special Education Non-Public School Student Placements

• Increase from 11 Out of District (OOD) placements at

beginning of FY10 to 17 (+6 new OOD placements) during FY10 or
scheduled for FY11 – Total of $791,402

• OOD (or Non-Public School) placement costs currently range from

$33,855 to $141,467

• OOD Individual Student Cost – could include:

School Year Tuition, Summer Program Tuition, One-on-one Aide
(school year and summer program), and home services
to reinforce school program

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 FY11 Budget Dilemmas
• Special Education Expense Increases/Decreases

– Overall Expense Increase of +7.8%, or +$98,348

– Increase in Outside Evaluations and Contracted Services

Increase of +19% , or +$12,796

– Increase in Tuition/Non-Public Schools

Increase of +34%, or +$199,911

– Decrease in Transportation
Decrease of -11%, or -$19,960

– Decrease in Member Collaborative costs

Decrease of -13.6%, or -$35,518

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Rockport Public School District Program
Additions
FY1999 to FY 2002
Middle School (between 293-321 students)
>Art (.06), Tech. Design (1.0),Drama (0.6), Guidance (0.4), Music
(1.0), Phys. Ed. (0.4), Reading (0.8), Special Ed. Resource
Room Teacher Assistant

High School (between 256 – 289 students)

>Math (1.2), Science (1.2), & Social Studies (1.0) created
Honors and Support classes at Freshman – Junior levels
>AP Art, Biology, French, History (Modern European and
U.S.), Math, Physics, and Spanish, and broadened Music
program beyond Chorus
>DECA; Marketing; Photography; Social Studies electives –
India, Middle East, Sociology, & International Relations;
and Technology (1.6)
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 Rockport Public School District Previous
Program Cuts
Fall 2004 (MS - 277 sts. and HS – 304 sts.)
Art/Business teacher (.9); MS/HS Library Assistant;
Health/Nutrition teacher (.4); MS Reading teacher (.4);
and DECA (temporarily)

Fall 2005 (MS – 289 sts. and HS – 316 sts.

>Foreign Language teacher (Grade 6 – 0.2); Program
Coordinators for Foreign Language (Grade 6-12); and
MS Study Center
>Add HS AP Statistics teacher and Foreign Language
teacher(0.4)
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 Rockport Public School District Previous
Program Cuts

Fall 2007 – (MS – 246 sts. and HS – 353 sts.)

>Special Education Assessment Specialist (0.8);
School Psychologist (0.2), and Library Assistant

>MS Special Education Gr. 6 Resource Room teacher;

Foreign Language teacher (1.0); and Social Studies
teacher (0.4)

>HS Art teacher (0.4); Science/math teacher (0.6); and

Technology teacher (1.0)
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Rockport Public School District Previous
Program Cuts
FY2001 to FY2007
ADDITIONAL CUTS (without specific year of cut)
Elementary School – Assistant Principal, Secretary
(0.2), Library/Audio Visual Assistant (0.5), Foreign
Language teacher (1.2), Teacher Assistant (1.0), Art
teacher (0.2), Language Arts and Math Program
Coordinators, Adjustment Counselor (0.2), and Special
Education Resource Room Teacher (1.0)

Middle School – Custodian (1.0), School Nurse

(MS/HS - 1.0)

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 Efforts to Decrease FY11 Budget Shortfall of $901,632

FTE Reduction Balance Program Impact

NA $ 120,000 $ 781,632 One-time Sped. Stimulus Avail.*

NA $ 150,000 $ 631,632 Less money in reserve

Leaves approx. $350,000*

NA $ 60,000 $ 571,632 Special Education Consortium*

one-time credit utilized

-0.20 $ 13,014 $ 558,618 HS Science*

No program impact for FY11

-0.40 $ 21,782 $ 536,836 HS Foreign Language*

No program impact for FY11

• Reduction of $364,796 does not impact FY11 educational program

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Efforts to Decrease FY11 Budget Shortfall of
$536,836
PROGRAM IMPACTS
FTE Reduction Balance Program Impact

-0.20 $ 14,698 $ 522,138 ES Adjustment Counselor – 80%

Continue at 4 days/wk. (need 5 days)

-0.20 $ 14,698 $ 507,440 K-12 School Psychologist - 80%

Continue at 4 days/wk. (need 5 days)

-1.00 $ 56,715 $ 450,725 ES Health teacher position

Eliminate position; integrate health into Phys. Ed./Science instruction

-1.00 $ 75,491 $ 375,234 ES Technology teacher

position
Eliminate position; integrate technology into classroom instruction

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 Efforts to Decrease FY11 Budget
Shortfall of $536,836
FTE Reduction Balance Program Impact

0.20 $ 13,014 $ 362,220 HS Science teacher – Eliminate

AP Biology or Human Biology

-0.40 $ 28,500 $ 333,720 HS Technology Design – Eliminate

Tech. Design; suspend Tech. as
HS requirement

-0.40 $ 15,584 $ 318,136 MS Technology Computers –

Eliminate Tech. Computers
from MS exploratory program

-0.93 $ 59,624 $ 258,512 MS Foreign Language tchr.

position. Eliminate MS Foreign
Language program

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Efforts to Decrease FY11 Budget
Shortfall of $536,836
FTE Reduction Balance Program Impact
-0.50 $19,480 $ 239,032 MS Drama tchr.
position - Eliminate
MS Drama elective

-0.60 $42,829 $ 196,203 MS Tech. Design

tchr. position –
Eliminate tech.design
program altogether at the MS

-0.40 $26,428 $ 169,775 MS Art tchr. position –

Eliminate MS art elective

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 Efforts to Decrease FY11 Budget
Shortfall of $536,836
• FTE Reduction Balance Program Impact

• -0.30 $ 18,635 $ 151,140 ES Music - Eliminate all

music staff for choral,
chamber, & orchestra

• -0.70 $ 42,878 $ 108,262 MS Music - Eliminate all

music staff for choral,
chamber, & orchestra

• -0.50 $ 29,091 $ 79,171 HS Music - Eliminate all

music staff for choral,
chamber, & orchestra

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Efforts to Decrease FY11 Budget
Shortfall of $536,836
FTE Reduction Balance Program Impact

-1.00 $64,511 $ 14,660 MS Reading tchr. position –

Eliminate MS reading
program

-0.20 $ 14,076 $ 584 HS Special Education tchr.

position – Reduce one
special education high school
teacher position to 80%

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 FY11 Budget
Certainties/Uncertainties
– One or more special needs students will be
identified between March 2010 and June
2011, which will require additional special
education services and increase costs.

– One or more OOD special needs students

may not require budgeted program

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 FY11 Budget
Certainties/Uncertainties
Title 1 one-time Stimulus Funds ($60,000)

May provide ES Math Specialist to:

- Assist those students who are not special education
classified, but who struggle with math;
- Provide teacher assistance regarding math instruction;
and
- Perform math data analysis to highlight the elementary
program successes and strengthen the necessary
elementary math program components

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Recommended School Budget Override for FY11

Recommend request for Override of $536,836 to

maintain:
20% increase for ES Counselor to 100%
20% increase for K-12 School Psychologist to 100%
ES Health program
ES/MS/HS Technology
HS AP Biology and Human Biology
MS Drama elective
MS Art elective
MS Foreign Language program (gr. 7 & 8)
ES/MS/HS Choral, Chamber, & Orchestra Music
program
MS Reading program
HS special education teacher (80%)
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 Impact of School Program Quality
Rockport Public School District
2000/01 – 2009/10
School School NS
SCH YR Choice IN Choice OUT PRIVATE HOME TECH
2000-01 48 69 100 9 24
2001-02 51 62 84 9 22
2002-03 50 45 90 13 21
2003-04 49 60 82 16 28
2004-05 60 76 53 16 22
2005-06 84 42 84 17 19
2006-07 109 33 67 14 15
2007-08 125 31 63 12 9
2008-09 120 35 58 12 10
2009-10 124 26 48 10 10
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 Tax Override Amounts

Average Home Value $ 526,738.00

Home Value $350,000.00 $526,738.00 $750,000.00

Override Amount Estimated Annual Household Cost

$1,000,000 $182.73 $275.00 $391.56
$536,836 $98.09 $147.63 $210.21
$500,000 $91.36 $137.50 $195.78
$450,000 $82.22 $123.75 $176.20
$400,000 $73.08 $110.00 $156.62
$350,000 $63.94 $96.25 $137.04
$300,000 $54.80 $82.50 $117.46
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Sample Breakdown
$526,738 home value

$536,836 override

$147.63 tax increase

$0.40 / day

$0.15/student that attends RPS

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 Budget Calendar
• School Committee Budget Workshop
and School Budget/Override Adoption March 10, 2010

• School Committee Meeting with the

Finance Committee March 11, 2010

• School Committee Meeting with the

Board of Selectmen March 23, 2010

• Rockport Town Meeting April 3, 2010

• Annual Town Election May 4, 2010

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