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Castallo and Silky Education Consultants Jessica Cohen & Alan Pole, Consultants

School District Efficiency Study Morrisville -Eaton Central School District Advisory Committee Meeting REVIEW OF DRAFT REPORT SEPTEMBER 17, 2014. Castallo and Silky Education Consultants Jessica Cohen & Alan Pole, Consultants.

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Castallo and Silky Education Consultants Jessica Cohen & Alan Pole, Consultants

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  1. School District Efficiency StudyMorrisville-Eaton Central SchoolDistrict Advisory Committee MeetingREVIEW OF DRAFT REPORTSEPTEMBER 17, 2014 Castallo and Silky Education Consultants Jessica Cohen & Alan Pole, Consultants

  2. A Study to Examine the Potential for Creating a Pre-K – 12th Grade Program in the Morrisville-Eaton Middle/High School

  3. From an instructional and financial perspective, should the board of education consider creating a Pre-K – 12 program in the Morrisville-Eaton Middle/High School and closing the Edward R. Andrews Elementary School?

  4. Advisory Committee David Andrews Cooper Koehl Corinne Banker Leslie Kraft Chris BrewerLeeAnneLake Cynthia Busic-Snyder Mary Maitland Christopher DoroshenkoSarah Marcellus Deborah DushkoJamie McCarthy Kyle Graves Michelle Morgillo Lauren Haswell Cliff Moses Jennifer Hilts David Palmer Jessica Jacobs-Broedel Judy Parker Valerie Kampf Jennifer Pierce Danielle Kochman Emilie Roher Kathy Roher

  5. Advisory Committee • Included Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff, Administrators, and Community Members • Met monthly for six months • Was asked to: • Attend all meetings • Freely express their points of view • Be a key communicator with stakeholder groups • Be respectful of the committee and study process • Be a positive contributing member in other related committee activities

  6. Areas of study • Enrollment and Enrollment Projections • Instructional and Athletic Programs • Facilities • Student Transportation • Staffing • Finance

  7. Enrollment • Student enrollment has decreased 32.5% from 2008-09 to 2013-14 • Enrollment is projected to increase from 715 in 2013-14 to 752 in 2021 (+37 students, 5.1% • Elementary enrollment will increase while middle/high enrollment will remain relatively constant

  8. Instructional Programs • Elementary school: There are 27 core academic classes. Combining classes will increase class size beyond desired limits. • Middle/High School: 36% of sections have 9 or less students, 48% have 10 – 19 students, and 15% have 20 or more students. • 67 students are in 19 BOCES CTE classes. • Decreasing enrollment has meant small class sizes, not a reduction in number of classes

  9. Facilities • An addition to the Middle/High School would have to be built in order to accommodate all of the elementary school classrooms. • This would require the addition of at least 26 classrooms, a gym, and a cafeteria. • Estimated budget for the addition is approximately $24 million before state aid

  10. Transportation • Moving from a double trip to a single trip busing system may occur whether the district has one building or two. • Moving to a single trip system will be revenue neutral due to high state aid for transportation • Difficulty in finding bus drivers will present problems if the district changed to a single trip system.

  11. Staffing • Because significant reductions have occurred, there is limited potential to reduce administrative or instructional positions without changing the instructional program. • Increasing the square footage at the HS will limit the # of non-instructional reductions to less than 3.0 FTE • Approximately $170,000 can be realized by efficiencies from reducing staff.

  12. Finances • Approximately 93% of school district revenue comes from state aid and local taxes • The school district budget has remained relatively constant over the past 5 years • The district is receiving less state aid today than it was 5 years ago • The district has continued to use more of its fund balance to control taxes in each of the past 5 years

  13. Finance • It would cost approximately $1,100,000/year for the next 20 years to move the elementary school • After accounting for program savings, the net cost of moving the elementary school would be approximately $929,440/year or an increase in taxes of 26.6% • Whether or not the district decides to move the elementary school, there will be facilities improvements to be considered of approximately $8,480,838

  14. Recommendations • It is recommended that the district not close the Edward R. Andrews Elementary School and move the elementary grades to the middle/high school campus • It is recommended that the district's facilities committee reconvene to review the building condition survey and provide input to the Board of Education regarding future capital needs.

  15. Questions

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