Budget Presentation Final

Dr. Linda E. Grobman

Superintendent of Schools Mrs. Sharon A. Learn

Business Administrator May 2, 2009

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Status quo budget Strategic plan initiatives carried forward No recommendations for additional staff Reduction of positions through attrition Collaborative decision-making process Support existing class-size guidelines Clear direction from the board to develop a budget that is under the 4.1% index

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Presented taxpayers with a fiscally sound and responsible budget Reviewed all available information, solicited input from a variety of stakeholders and maintained our relentless commitment to children first. Ensured budget will reflect strategies for surviving and potentially thriving in these uncertain times. Plan for one elementary watch position

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Children First:

◦ class size, curriculum development, classroom materials, professional development, extracurricular activities, technology, assessment standards

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Revenue:

◦ RTSD has a revenue problem, not an expenditure problem

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Labor Contract Obligations: ◦ salaries and benefits

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Recognize the high achievement of all students in the Radnor Township School District and create mechanisms for continual improvement. Assess and manage the resources, both human and material, to create systems that will responsibly focus endeavors on behalf of all students and the community. Define pathways that will upgrade and support a 21st century technology infrastructure to enhance education and operations for Radnor Township School District. Network with the Radnor community in collaborative pursuits that guide our collective work. Organize resources and create benchmarking systems to measure the effectiveness of our endeavors. Rejoice in the pride and spirit that are evident in Radnor, which reflects the uniqueness of our school district, and sets a course to aggressively meet the challenges of today and codify the hopes and promises of tomorrow.

FBLA and LifeSmarts teams had numerous business students who placed in the top 10 at those respective state championships • RMS math student – No. 1 in state • RHS has largest group of winners ever for National German Exam • RHS girls’ ice-hockey team won inaugural girls’ Flyers Cup & state championship • 2 RMS students win Joan Jarrett leadership award • 13 RHS Merit Finalists • Radnor grad Colby Cohen named MVP of the Frozen Four • 3 elementary students chosen to exhibit work in Harrisburg for PAEA Youth Art Month • RHS first public school honor code and honor council in the area • Andrew Lee finished second in the 2nd annual TruMark Financial Credit Union Financial Jeopardy Challenge • Jayne Levenberg (Drawing) and Louise Lee (Mixed Media) both won 1st place awards in the annual competition held among all art students in our congressional district; 12 RHS students have award-winning work being displayed at the Wayne Art Center. • The music department had two students representing RHS at the All-Eastern Honors Orchestra Festival in Providence, RI. this past March. • Five RHS students in the Project Lead the Way program have earned college credit this year at Rochester Institute of Technology • Blake Rosenthal -- National and International figure skater working to compete in the Olympics • Numerous Governor's School scholars: Alexa Pegues (creative writing), Dan Koo (violin), Brooke Von Pusch (art), Simon Zheng (international entrepreneurship) • Indoor Color Guard ranked 3rd in their division and qualified for the first time ever for Tri-state Championships! • Honors Jazz Band tied for third in the Yankee Division at Championships; RHS trombone section won best section award • RHS Marching Band was chosen to lead off the Mardi Gras parade at Universal Studios • Nikki (class of 2002) and Jessi (class of 2004) Lieb are both members of the USA Women's Lacrosse Team and 2009 World Cup Training Team. • The inaugural season of the RHS Squash club was a huge success, having gone from early planning to over 10 matches in just one season. • Members of the classes of 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 won prestigious National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards for writing • The RHS Meistersingers presented a combined concert with the chorus of the Moses Brown School (Providence, Rhode Island) • RHS Meistersingers will be performing a commissioned choral work made possible by the Radnor Education Foundation on their May 20 spring concert • The RHS Hi-Q team made the finals and finished 3rd. • The French/Italian club just attended its second opera of the year at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 11 students attended a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore • Ithan’s Chess Club won the 2008 – 2009 Greater Philadelphia Chess Championships First Place Team for K – 3 • and much, much more…

Asset management campaign • E-team to regulate district-wide programs and operating systems • Powerful teacher observation protocol • More directed staff development • E-Finance system for purchases and accounts receivable • E-minders for all schools, saving paper & postage • Digital building operation systems in four out of five schools • Tech Paths solution for curriculum assessment • Performance Tracker for assessment system

Technology campaign • TAC • HAC • Eminders • New web site • Interactive white boards • Classrooms for the Future • Project Lead the Way • Virtual servers to reduce number of physical servers

University collaboration • Stakeholder group meetings • PTO Council • Council of Radnor Alumni • League of Women Voters • RTEA summit meetings • Monthly board budget presentations • Town hall meeting • CASE pilot district • Township/school district grounds agreement • REF business connections

ACTS grant training • Performance Pathways • Realignment of staff for RTI and REI • School-based data teams • Successful completion Special Education and Finance audits: • Building capacity for increasing schoolbased professional development • Increased uninterrupted elementary instructional time with increased intervention/enrichment time • Co-teaching in science, English and social studies as a way for students with disabilities and peers to be exposed to high level of instruction while providing specially designed instruction as described in IEPs and providing remediation to those not in special education • Evolution of co-teaching and the data we have collected that supports its success, including the numbers of RHS students accessing more rigorous curriculum than ever before

The Technology Education Department has received national Project Lead the Way certification, meaning students are now eligible for college credit • The World Language Department won the 2005 & 2006 Golden Globe Award from the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. The "award represents the highest level of program development that supports standards-based world language instruction." • Having forged a successful relationship with Fairmout Athletic Club in K. of P., we are a part of a growing public school squash presence, counting Conestoga, Great Valley, and Lower Merion/Harriton. RHS (and hopefully RMS) are looking forward to a much greater squash presence in RTSD as the club grows and looks forward to applying for varsity status. RHS Squash was and is a marvelous combination of community, board, and schools working together • “Invest in Excellence” • Web site photos and stories • Student achievement featured at each board meeting • National Green Schools leader • Biodiesel buses • Public relations award of honor • Byron McCook earns doctorate • ABC president Florence Hubert recognized for community service • 3 RTSD librarians were nominated for Delco Librarian of the Year; Nancy MacKenzie named LOY • Lacrosse coach Phyllis Kilgour named 2008 Coach of the Year • RHS Classrooms for the Future teacher Abby Daniels and CFF coach Andrea Brothman invited to take several students to present work at Capitol Day in Harrisburg • RHS teachers and students present work at DCIU CFF conference • Roseann Burns, Paul Wright and Carl Rosin made a presentation at the DCIU gifted conference last year to highlight Radnor's interdisciplinary sequence and selected assessments • Betsy McIlwain presented "Quality Literature for Quality Thinking" to administrators, teachers and parents at the April PAGE conference • Middle School's MLK Day of service, spearheaded by Nancy Zion and Mary Ann McCarthy• Elinor Ball (IES fifth grade) received the Delaware County Excellence in Teaching Award (2007-08) presented by the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union's Partners in Learning Program. She was nominated for the Pennsylvania State Teacher of the Year Program in 2009 and received the National State Teacher of the Year Apple Award for commitment and excellence in the teaching profession • and much, much more…

As of March 31, 2009 Estimated Additional Title I Estimated Additional Title II-D

Estimated Additional IDEA 2009-2010 BEF Increase State Fiscal Stabilization Grants

$ $

0 3,500

$ 673,200 $ 35,806 $ 98,200

Source: American Reinvestment & Recovery Act: Preparing Our Students Today for the 21st Century Workforce - Estimated School District Allocations

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Title IID - Integrating technology into the school curriculum and providing related professional development Special Education IDEA - Providing special education programs and services to students with disabilities

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BEF-Increase in instructional time ◦ Extend the school day ◦ Extend the school year ◦ Tutoring

Implementation of high-rigor curricula/advanced courses Professional development to promote college and career ready high school graduates Class size reduction Pre-k or full day kindergarten Teacher or principal incentives in struggling schools School library services

Year

1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

Tax Increase

4.9 4.6 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.9 5.8 5.0 7.0 3.9

% % % % % % % % % %

Budget Increase

5.0 5.8 6.3 7.0 5.3 5.1 7.1 6.8 6.4 3.5 3.5

% % % % % % % % % % %

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Created a framework for collaboration, cooperation and clarity Opportunity to open discussions that would redesign, consider, postpone, restage, eliminate, and enhance programs Opportunity to transform our educational delivery model Opportunity to redirect funds toward new ideas ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦

Administrators (Act 93) Principals RTEA RSPEA Operations Transportation

Items Strategic Plan – Year Two Goal 1 – Improve Communication Reconfigure district homepage to provide increased information

Savings

Explanation

712,055 500

eMinders, upgrade district site

3,500 7,500

Part of eSchool Report card revision

500

Complete

Parent online conference sign-up

6,250

Set up complete

Annual meeting of Core Team to review progress of strategic plan

5,000

Volunteer participation

25,000

Reassessed need and price

Investigate and purchase records retention service/solution for district data

12,000

Moving toward paperless

Provide access to student data assessment information to inform instruction

10,000

Revised quote

Teacher access to grade reporting from home Middle and High schools Elementary Parent access to grades online

Goal 1 - Improve Communication/Infrastructure Replace office computers

Items

Savings

Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d Goal 2 – Curriculum and Assessment Provide online collaborative workspace teachers /students

50,000

Schoolwires /Google Docs

Evaluate current high school technology course – adjust middle school course

1,275

Complete

Continue to articulate student technology proficiency K-8

1,913

Ongoing

14,520

Building staff capacity

132,000

Building staff capacity

18,000

Future tech plan

Tech Mentor Program- provide support for the integration of 21st Century skills Full time technology coaches Web based access to electronic card catalog for all libraries

Items

Savings

Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d Goals 2 & 5 – Curriculum and Assessment Hardware 55,500

Price reduction

180,000

Reassessed need and price

Analyze current assessment practices, identify common assessments across the district

8,160

School based data teams

Development of science common assessments

5,312

In-service days

Implement 21st century critical literacy skills in all content areas

12,750

Ongoing curriculum work

Wireless mobile laptops- all schools Classroom & lab computer replacement, printers Curriculum

Items

Savings

Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d Goal 3 – Professional Development Ongoing training for the Regular Education Initiative

25,500

Application of co-teaching collaborative consultation, differentiated instruction, progress monitoring

12,750

Protocol for REI

23,400

Training in guided Inquiry for science and math

5,100

Provide training in academic vocabulary for teachers in grades K-12

2,550

Train or retrain all educational staff in the implementation of UbD and common assessments

6,375

Research and identify most promising approaches to student centered learning

Ongoing/imbedded work led by principals and supervisors

10,000

Crisis intervention training for students at risk

5,000

Provide differentiated learning opportunities to support district initiatives with accountability

9,400

Ongoing/imbedded work led by principals

Items

Savings

Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d Goal 3 – Professional Development Research skills that enhance communications climate and determine policies and procedures that effect group dynamics

10,000

Ongoing/imbedded work of administrative and curricular teams

Diversity training Guidance counselors To meet the needs of all learners

1,500 23,000

In-service

Professional development offerings relevant to educational specialists

1,000

In-service

Moving IEP & GIEP from Clear Trak to IEP PLus

3,600

Spring 2009

District training, professional conferences for staff and administrators working with gifted learners

2,500

Ongoing/imbedded work of principals and supervisors

Provide professional development to support implementation of new curricula

15,000

Support 7th & 8th grade implementation of new math program

3,200

Provide mentor training to all mentors working with new teachers

3,000

Ongoing/imbedded work of principals

Items Operations Attrition one custodial position – 2 day cleaner in the Administration Building Attrition – Driveway monitor Eliminate late busses at RHS/RMS Bus A: 4:30 =12 Bus B: 4:30 = 9 Bus C: 4:30 = 8 5:30 = 3 5:30 = 4 5:30 = 2 Four Day Summer Work Week

Personnel

Savings

Explanation

59,966 27,979

Vacancy not filled, central office staff will maintain their areas

9,473 17,514

Late Runs: Low Average daily ridership

5,000

568,682

Eliminate Piano Accompanist Position

12,005

Reduce Instructional Para’s hours

89,819

(6.5 hours/bldg)

Reduce Special Education Para educators district wide

89,819

(6.5 hours/bldg)

Reduce paraprofessional training hours

11,000

Reduction in staff

Reduce Teacher Mentor supplemental

25,994

No new positions

Items

Savings

Explanation

Personnel, cont’d Teaching staff reduction (by attrition) Summer counseling hour reduction District office attrition

Materials/Supplies/Contracts

260,837

2 positions

4,909

Re-allocation

74,299

1 position

139,282

Reduce ERB Testing

14,000

Eliminate CTP4 Keep Writing Assessment

Eliminate STEM Contract

25,000

In-house training

4,300

10% reduction Asst Super Budget

15,000

Across middle and high school

4,300

NOT including medical supplies

Supply reduction Athletic Supply reduction Nursing supply reduction

Items

Savings

Explanation

Materials/Supplies/Contracts, cont’d Postage reduction Paperless vouchers for checks

17,562

Using e-minders and web-site

1,000

Advertising budget reduction

10,000

Contract with PA REAP, Monster.com and Inquirer

Reduce district contribution rate RMS & Elementary environmental trips

14,120

Reduction in District contribution

Reduce district-wide travel for conferences

30,000

All staff- attendance at professional conferences

Reduce Security Professional Services

BOTTOM LINE

4,000

1,480,485

EASY EASY High High Control Control

HIGH HIGH VALUE VALUE Long Long Term Term

LOW LOW VALUE VALUE Short Short Term Term

HARD HARD Low Low Control Control

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What we have overlooked in better economic times that yield significant savings:

◦ Attrition one custodial position - Hire 2 day a week custodian ◦ Attrition – Driveway monitor ◦ Provide online collaborative workspace - Teachers /students ◦ Eliminate STEM Contract ◦ Postage reduction ◦ Advertising budget reduction ◦ Reduce district-wide travel ◦ TOTAL = $ 176,144

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Personal Choice Keystone Caremark Delta Dental Life Insurance Disability Insurance IBC Drug Property Casualty Social Security PSERS Unemployment Comp Workers Comp

15% increase 18% increase 20% increase 20% increase 5.0% increase 5.0% increase 5.0% increase 08 – 09 Rates 7.65% no chg 7.13% no chg 0.15% no chg 0.60% no chg

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Personal Choice Keystone Caremark Delta Dental Life Insurance Disability Insurance IBC Drug Property Casualty Social Security PSERS Unemployment Comp Workers Comp

11.11% increase 18% increase TBD TBD 5.0% increase 5.0% increase TBD TBD 7.65% 4.76% 0.15% no chg TBD

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State Revenue Interest Rates Federal Revenue Caremark Delta Dental Workers Comp IBC Drug Property Casualty Insurance Rates

2009-10 Radnor High School

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

110,500

15,000

10,000

170,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wayne Elementary School

37,000

18,000

0

40,000

30,000

Radnor Elementary School

30,000

30,000

0

20,000

15,000

Ithan Elementary School

69,000

246,000

200,000

200,000

0

Administration Building

124,000

0

45,000

10,000

0

Trans Bldg/Bus Replacement

689,000

668,000

746,000

450,000

450,000

$1,059,500

$977,000

$1,001,000

$890,000

$495,000

Radnor Middle School

GRAND TOTAL: