Charles City Public Schools FY19 Operating and CIP Budgets { A Presentation Before the Charles City County Board of Supervisors, February 27, 2018
CCES and CCHS Fully Accredited by VDOE for 2017-18 US News and World Report Ranking CCHS National Bronze Medal Ranking in top 118 high schools in VA CCPS Success
School Board remained committed to enhancing salary and benefits for CCPS Employees Adopted FY18 Operating Budget saw continued cooperation and work between School Board and County Board of Supervisors to support student learning Successful completion of 1:1 Technology Initiative for CCPS students thanks to County support Continued successful implementation of adopted FY18 CIP budget Maintaining and enhancing student programs and options despite reduced enrollment Continued Success
Salary and compensation for teachers, bus drivers, food service workers, instructional assistants Enhance special education and operations services Maintain current programming and class sizes Preserve the 4-year-old preschool program Maintain the School Board s commitment to health insurance and benefits CCPS FY19 Budget Priorities
State employee 2% raise on a delayed award Decrease in VRS rate of 0.67% -- savings of $30,000 for CCPS Increase in LCI from.4941 to.5175 loss of roughly $136,000 Decrease in federal grant funding of $85,000 migrating to local costs Increase in state funding in No Loss Funding of $329,461 tied to Medicaid funding for VA Possibility of CCPS receiving overall increase of $54,000 in state funding per Governor s budget proposal for FY19 FY19 Budget Outlook
Continued projected loss of student enrollment for 2018-19 of 642 students which includes PK ADM for FY19 set at 602 students, excluding PK, representing a decrease of 9 students Decrease accounts for loss of $41,000 (steady ADM would have resulted in additional $231,000 over anticipated $54,000) Teacher shortage and pressure to attract and retain talent in teaching, staff and administration positions Reduction in federal grant funding forces $85,000 to be absorbed in local funding for the cost of 1 teacher and bus aides in special education Budget Realities
77.1% of total operating budget represents salary and benefits Full-time School Psychologist position, Elementary Intervention Specialist, K-8 Math Specialist and reformulation of Special Education and Operations positions Raises pay for food service workers ($9 to $10/hr.), bus drivers ($12.30 to $15/hr.), instructional assistants ($10/hr.) and teachers and staff (3%) Two additional car drivers for Special Needs Students Maintains current funding for health insurance and benefits Summer School program continues on local funding of approximately $50,000 in local funding FY19 Budget Features
Increase of $799,170 or 9.8% in total expenditures Instruction $480,436 (8.3%) Admin/Health $22,316 (2.3%) ($18K Psych) Transportation $174,284 (22.2%) Ops/Maintenance $50,467 (4.6%) Technology $71,667 (15.7%) FY 19 Proposed School Operating Expenditures
Total increase, excluding CIP, of $756,685 or 7.5% for a $10,834,747 proposed budget Funding Sources State $3,870,803 (35.8%) Federal $817,682 (7.5%) Miscellaneous Local $127,791 (1.2%) County $6,018,471 (55.5%) Request from County for funding increase of $755,584 or 14.35%, which includes $11,885 to support Food Service Total FY 19 Funding Request
Stress and deterioration of facilities and systems over 26 years Severe weather has placed undue strain on systems plumbing, electrical and pumps Faced with choice of replacing outdated systems with same replacement parts or upgrade facilities and systems for next generation Cost differentials and options to consider FY 19 Proposed CIP
Technology upgrades to support student 1:1 Initiative Transportation to continue bus and vehicle replacement cycle Building renovation and refurbishment at CCES and CCHS Cafeteria CCHS Track Replacement HVAC and CCHS Cooling Tower Replacement Approximate total of $2.2 million in renovation and update costs FY 19 Proposed CIP
Charles City Public Schools FY19 Operating and CIP Budgets { A Presentation Before the Charles City County Board of Supervisors, February 27, 2018