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Welcome to gallatin county schools Superintendent Focus Groups

Maximizing Student Learning & Achievement. Welcome to gallatin county schools Superintendent Focus Groups. VISION and MISSION. MAXIMIZING STUDENT LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT WE BELIEVE: *All Gallatin County Students WILL BE proficient, ready for college, career and life.

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Welcome to gallatin county schools Superintendent Focus Groups

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  1. Maximizing Student Learning & Achievement Welcome to gallatin county schoolsSuperintendent Focus Groups

  2. VISION and MISSION • MAXIMIZING STUDENT LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT • WE BELIEVE: *All Gallatin County Students WILL BE proficient, ready for college, career and life. *Everything We Do Should Be STUDENT CENTERED *TEACHERS Influence Learning More Than Any Other Factor *TOGETHER Our Schools, Parents, and Community Help Students Reach Their Highest Potential. *Students Learn best when what we want them to know and do is RIGOROUS And RELATIVE And Build Positive RELATIONSHIPS With Them.

  3. The Commonwealth Commitment to College & Career Readiness • Our Goal: • The Gallatin County Public Schools pledge to increase the rate of college and career readiness of the graduates in our school district from 21% in 2010 to 61% in 2015. To meet this goal, 71 students in the 2010-2011 eighth grade class will need to be college and career ready, 54 more students than were college and career ready in the graduating class of 2010.

  4. COLLEGE READY BENCHMARKS 8th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade

  5. PURPOSE • To share our story with you. • Partner with you to listen to suggestions for our school district. • Provide time for you as our partners to hear about our students and schools as we encourage students to become college, career and life ready. • Provide time for you to ask questions and interact with our board, superintendent, and staff.

  6. Partners – Your help • Question – What do you believe Gallatin County Schools need to do to better prepare students to be responsible, effective, productive citizens for our community? • Please take a moment to write a suggestion on your card and leave it for us to use in making our school district the best it can be.

  7. Gallatin County Schools 1,678 Students P-12 Four Schools and Alternative School Gallatin County Lower Elementary, EHS-2 Gallatin County Upper Elementary, 3-5 Gallatin County Middle School, 6-8 Gallatin County High School, 9-12 Alternative School, 12 Slots, Grades 6-12

  8. Gallatin County Schools 70% Free & Reduced Lunch Property Tax Rate 2013 = 67.5 (Compensating) (Compensating Tax Rate for 2012 = 66.6) Equalized Original SFCC Nickel – 1990 Growth Nickel – 2000 Equalized Recallable Nickel – 2005 Equalized Facility Funding Nickel - 2008

  9. NICKELS *FSPK (Facilities Support Program of KY) – 1990 Local - $282,103 State - $240,259 *Original Growth Nickel – 2000 Local - $ 282,103 State - $0 *Equalized Growth Nickel Local - $0 State - $0 *Recallable Nickel – 2005 Local - $282,103 State - $240,259 *Equalized Facility Funding Nickel – 2008 Local - $0 State - $240,259 Gallatin County is one of only three school districts that has three of our nickels equalized by the state.

  10. Nickels • 1990 KERA = 5 cents *(5.6) • 2000 Growth Nickel = 5 cents *(5.6) • 2005 Recallable Nickel = 5 cents *(5.6) ________________ 15 cents (16.8 cents) *5.6 cents of total property rate is required to produce the 5 cent equivalent tax necessary for participation in the School Facilities Construction Commission (SFCC) and the Facility Support Program of Kentucky (FSPK). Can be used for school construction/renovation ONLY. Cannot be used for salaries, books, buses, etc.

  11. Local Effort - State Effort • $846,309 $720,777 • This money can ONLY be used for construction or renovation purposes. It cannot be used for text books, buses, materials, salaries, etc.

  12. Current Tax Rate • Compensating Tax Rate = 67.5 • Construction/Renovation Nickels = -16.8 _____ General Fund = 50.7 ****21 Years = 7 cent increase in General Fund

  13. Revenue • Local Tax Effort = 23.75% of our total budget Compensating Rate = 67.5 (FY2013 - $3,432,145. Of this amount, approximately $846,309 goes to make bond payments on new construction or renovation. That’s all this money can be used for. That leaves approximately $2,585,836 in local money.) ****The rest of our *$15.3 million dollar General Fund Budget comes from utility taxes, motor vehicle taxes, State Sources, and Federal Sources. *Does not include Food Service or Construction

  14. Facilities Funding Timeline

  15. Facilities Construction Timeline

  16. The Past

  17. The Present

  18. KPR Academic Index Data *Transition Index ***This test is over. We began a whole new state assessment in Spring 2012. Results of these tests will not be received until the end of September 2012. The results of these new state tests will be LOWER. New more rigorous standards, different way of reporting. We expect this.

  19. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!!

  20. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! TOP 50% of High Schools in Kentucky!! GCHS ranks 115th out of 230 high in schools in KY.

  21. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! Five Years of Growth!

  22. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! Closing in on the State averages!

  23. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! Moving up the ranks!!

  24. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! Clear direction for even more improvement.

  25. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! College Career Ready Outlook for this Group 111 Seniors →25 Seniors have met CCR BM’s. →23 Seniors are one BM away. →7 Seniors are within 2 points of meeting more than one BM. →56 Seniors have the opportunity to take the COMPASS, KYOTE, ACT Work Keys, or KOSSA to become career ready. CCR Goal for 2013 = 63%

  26. Gallatin County High School2012 ACT Highlights!!! Next Steps!!! School wide focus on English Language Mechanics. Identify individual seniors on the CCR outlook and provide them with additional, focused instruction and practice that will better their chances of meeting CCR requirements. Teachers are already doing this!!!!!! Complete CCR outlook report for other classes. Complete Data Boards for each class.

  27. Per Pupil Funding SEEK and Transportation funding has basically been flat or reduced over the past five years, putting an ever larger burden on the local community to fund the increasing costs mandated by the state.

  28. Per Pupil Funding – other state sources Other state funding has been drastically reduced for much needed services in our district, forcing the local school district to use other funds to be able to provide the same services. - source –KEAT.

  29. Transportation Shortfall The state has not fully funded transportation costs since Fiscal Year 2003-2004. The above chart illustrates the amount of shortfall that has been borne by the school district in the general fund for the past five years.

  30. Cers Contribution Rates The CERS employer contribution rate has steadily increased over the past several years, from a low of 10.98% to 19.55% for next year. This is an average increase of about 10% per year. Based on our classified payroll, that translates to an increase of about $30,500 per year.

  31. KTRS Match For years, the state of Kentucky has been requiring school districts to pay for the matching part of KTRS in federal programs, while the federal program dollars continue to be cut. This shift of dollars from the state budget to the local school district budget is ever increasing, and with the addition of the employee match for health insurance in 2011 the additions will cost our district nearly $100,000.

  32. Fund Balance vs. contingency This chart illustrates the differences between the fund balance and contingency. The contingency only represents one line item in the budget and serves as a place from where funds can be transferred in the event of an expense overrun in another budget code. This item keeps the district from depleting its fund balance in case of unexpected or extraordinary expenditures.

  33. Fund Balance Vs. Two Month’s of Expenditures The Government Finance Officers Association recommends as best practice that local school districts keep a fund balance of no less than two month’s revenue or expenditures in reserve. As indicated, our fund balance has consistently fallen below that practice over the past five years.

  34. Fund Balance as % of Expenses According to bond rating agencies, a school district should have a fund balance of 20-25 %, but anything over 15 % is good. Our fund balance has consistently hovered around 15%, with the exception of 2010, where we had a low of 11%. This is barely at the minimum of what is considered acceptable for those rating agencies.

  35. Other expenditures • The state of Kentucky has required the school districts to fund other expenditures that were previously supported at the state or federal level. Some examples include: • Technology – Infinite Campus, MUNIS Cloud • Special Education Requirements have changed, leading to reduced identification of special education students and reduced funding, while remaining students often require higher levels of service. • Edujobs funding is supporting our district in the amount of around $300,000 this year. There currently is no provision for this funding in the budget for 2012-2013, forcing our district to absorb these expenditures in the general fund for the coming fiscal year.

  36. Conclusions • In conclusion, state revenues to the school districts of Kentucky have continued to remain stagnant or fall over the past several years. Expenditures that have been traditionally borne by the state have been pushed down to the local level. As a result, more and more of the burden of funding our school district has fallen on the local citizens, who not only pay state taxes but are increasingly burdened by local taxes just to maintain the current level of services for the school children of Gallatin County. Fund balances of our school district continually fall below the recommended averages. Schools in Kentucky are in dire need of some financial reforms at the state level if any progress is to be made.

  37. What have we done to cut expenses? • Cut 2 days out of our 2012-2013 school calendar. Reduced all employees by 2 days. • No employee raises for the past 4 years. • Reduction in clerical positions, instructional assistants, bus mechanic/sub driver position • Cut Town Bus Route

  38. More Reductions • Cut attendance clerk hours • Cut student drug testing • Cut athletic uniforms • Cut extra-curricular coaching positions • Cut end of year “Outstanding Employee” Awards Program • Cut employee assistance program • Cut two mid-day bus routes

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