Woodland Hills School Woodland Hills School DistrictDistrict

2006-2007 Budget Presentation

Mission StatementMission StatementWoodland Hills School District

makes students it first priority. The District provides each student with an excellent educational experience that is driven by the highest expectations and prepares students for meaningful participation in all facets of society.

Student Body & Student Body & DemographicsDemographics

Population – 50,893 16% are age 5 – 19 5,177 students 462 teachers Three Primary Schools Three Intermediate

Schools Two Junior High Schools One High School

Households – 23,293 Median Household Income

- $23,293 Located in 12

municipalities Eastern Allegheny County

High School located at High School located at 2440 Greensburg Pike, 2440 Greensburg Pike,

Pgh PA 15221Pgh PA 15221 2 Co-Principals & 3 Ass’t

Principals 1742 students 198 teachers 208 courses including 12

AP & 4 Advanced Ranked 635 in best high

schools in America by Newsweek, 2003

East Junior High in Turtle East Junior High in Turtle Creek, PA & West Junior Creek, PA & West Junior

High in Swissvale, PAHigh in Swissvale, PA

Junior High Schools –Junior High Schools –Grade 7 & 8Grade 7 & 8

East Junior High 126 Monroeville Blvd.

Turtle Creek, PA 15145

1Principal & 1 Ass’t Principal

316 students 33 teachers Smaller of the two

Junior High Schools

West Junior High 7600 Evans Street

Swissvale, PA 15218 1 Principal & 1 Ass’t

Principal 567 students 51 teachers

Intermediate Schools: Intermediate Schools: Dickson, Fairless, RankinDickson, Fairless, Rankin

Intermediate Schools Intermediate Schools Grades 4-6Grades 4-6 Dickson Intermediate School

Shoyer Ave, Swissvale, PA 15218 1 Principal 442 students 31 teachers Fairless Intermediate School 531 Jones Ave, N. Braddock, PA 15104 1 Principal 416 students 29 teachers Rankin Intermediate School Fourth & Mound St, Rankin, PA 15104 1 Principal 275 students 23 teachers

Primary Schools: Primary Schools: Wilkins, Edgewood, Wilkins, Edgewood,

ShafferShaffer

Primary Schools Grades Primary Schools Grades K-3K-3 Wilkins Primary School

362 Churchill Rd, Wilkins Twp, PA 15235 1 Principal 484 students 34 teachers Edgewood Primary School 241 Maple Street, Edgewood, PA 15218 1 Principal 599 students 38 teachers Shaffer Primary School 37 Garden Terrace, Churchill, PA 15221 1 Principal 336 students 25 teachers

Act 72 Budgeting Act 72 Budgeting ProcessProcess

Budgeting begins earlier

January 26, 2006-Deadline for preliminary budget proposal to be available for public inspection

February 15, 2006-Last day for the District to adopt a preliminary budget

Budgetary ProcessBudgetary ProcessFebruary 20, 2006-Deadline to submit the

preliminary budget to PA Dept.of Education

Budgeting Process – Budgeting Process – Step 1Step 1

Planning Phase Develop a timeline

for new regulations Define staffing

needs Collect student &

stakeholders data

Budgeting Process – Budgeting Process – Step 2Step 2

Preparation Phase Analyze ytd expenses

and enrollment projections

Project revenues to be received from all sources

Project expenditures for the budgetary period

Budgetary ObjectivesBudgetary ObjectivesMeet the No Child Left Behind mandate to

continue to improve Adequate Yearly Progress

Leverage Grant Funding with Local Revenue to strengthen instructional programs

Incorporate plans for addressing future facility needs

Fulfill all contractual obligations

Preliminary BudgetPreliminary Budget

Revenues

Revenue SourcesRevenue Sources

Local $46,361,292

State 24,199,814

Federal 4,545,438

Other 5,000

Total $75,111,544

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Revenues

Local

State

Federal

Other

Local Revenue Local Revenue SourcesSources

Real Estate Tax Earned Income Tax Transfer Tax Revenue Rec’d from

other Public Schools Tuition from Patrons Contributions Interest Income

Increase in Local Increase in Local RevenueRevenue

The local revenue stream is stabilized. We expect an increase of $1,323,430 in revenue over the previous budgetary period due a better collection of both current and delinquent taxes.

State Revenue State Revenue SourcesSources

Basic Educational Subsidy Special Educational Subsidy State Vocational Ed Subsidy Transportation Subsidy PA Accountability Block Grant EAP-Tutorial Ass’t Grant Rental Subsidy Social Security Subsidy Retirement Subsidy Charter School Subsidy

Increase in State Increase in State RevenueRevenue

In the past, the Commonwealth legislators voted to increase school subsidy funding in each Commonwealth Budget. It is our expectation they will increase the subsidy again. In the aggregate we are expecting a conservative increase of $1,757,766 over the previous year.

Federal Revenue Federal Revenue SourcesSources

Title I Title II Title V Reading First 21st Century Grant Access Safe School Drug Free DARE

Decrease in Federal Decrease in Federal RevenueRevenue

We are budgeting a decrease in Federal Revenue due to a cut in Reading First, Title I, Title II Part A, and 21st Century Grant. The amount we are budgeting is $358,092 less than the previous year.

Other RevenueOther Revenue

Sale of Equipment

Decrease in Other Decrease in Other RevenueRevenue

When equipment becomes obsolete we sell the equipment to the highest bidder. Last budget year, we budgeted to sell $55,000 in equipment vs. selling $5,000 for this budgetary year. This should change year by year depending upon our replacement schedule of equipment.

Revenue SummaryRevenue SummaryWe expect an overall increase of

$2,673,104 in revenue over the previous year.

Preliminary BudgetPreliminary Budget

Expenditures

Expenditures by Expenditures by FunctionFunction

Total = $80,360,294Total = $80,360,294

Instruction 61%

Support 29%

NonInstructional 2%

Debt Service 7%

Budget Reserve 1%

Instructional CostInstructional Cost61% of the Budget is committed to adequate

staffing, purchase of supplies, books and technology directly impacting our students.

We are committed to keeping class size at 25 students per class or less in order to provide each child the most individualized attention as possible.

Expenditures-Expenditures-OverviewOverview

Category Cost Percentage

Salaries $35.956,783 45%

Benefits 13.471,170 17%

Prof Serv 5,928,167 7%

Purch.Serv 2,558,898 3%

Other Purch Svs 13,539,489 17%

Supplies/Equip 2,224,896 3%

Debt Srv-Interest 4,243,991 5%

Debt Srv-Prin. 2,436,900 3%

Total Expenditures $80,360,294 100%

Salaries & BenefitsSalaries & Benefits Overall, Salaries & Benefits

decreased as a percentage of the budget from 65% to 62% of expenditures.

The District’s retirement rate increased from 4.69% to 6.46%. In dollars, that is $234,000.

Health insurance costs will not increase.

Grant Funded Grant Funded PersonnelPersonnel

In keeping class size as small as possible, we fully use our Grants for staffing.

We will pay 39 highly qualified professionals from Grant funds in the primary and intermediate schools.

CSR = Class Size ReductionABG = Accountability Block GrantRF = Reading First

Grant Funded Grant Funded PersonnelPersonnel

School CSR ABG RF Title I Total

Edgewood 3 4 2 3 12

Shaffer 3 2 1 2 8

Wilkins 3 3 2 4 12

Dickson 0 0 0 2 2

Fairless 0 0 0 3 3

Rankin 0 0 0 2 2

Total 9 9 5 16 39

Purchased Professional Purchased Professional Services & Property Services & Property

ServicesServices The District purchases

special education services from the IU to provide the cost effective way of delivering required services.

The District maintains its buildings to enhance the learning process.

Both of these costs have increased minimally.

Other Purchased Other Purchased ServicesServices

In this classification, we have student transportation costs, insurance, communications, advertising, printing & binding, tuition and travel.

All of the costs are in line except for Charter School costs which has increased astronomically.

Tuition costs have increased $2,120,295 over the previous year.

Charter Schools ImpactCharter Schools Impact

There are 384 students enrolled in 17 Charter Schools

For each child in Charter School the School District pays:

Regular Education Rate - $8,268 per child

Special Education Rate - $19,132 per child

Charter School Growing Charter School Growing ImpactImpact

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Regular EdStudents

Financial Impact of Financial Impact of Charter SchoolsCharter Schools

334 students @ $8,268 = $2,761,512

50 students @ $19,132 = $ 966,600

Total = $3,718,112 We pay this out to other schools

Propel East Charter School Propel East Charter School StatisticsStatistics

Propel East Charter School has opened an elementary school in Turtle Creek

131 of the 200 students enrolled at Propel East are WHSD Students

23 of the 131 students are in Kindergarten72 of the 131 students left a WHSD

building to attend Propel East

Survey, Plan & Survey, Plan & MarketMarket

The Administration will be conducting a survey for all parents and/or guardians to complete to find out why children are leaving the District

For those children who have left we will be conducting a survey as to what was lacking

After we tabulate the results of the survey, the Administration will formulate a Plan addressing many of the issues you bring to our attention and then encourage enrollment in the District through Marketing our Programs

Ultimate GoalUltimate Goal

We would like to decrease or “cut” this payout to Charter Schools in the amount of $3,718,112 and use it to improve the curriculum for all students

We will be asking you for your input

Supplies & Supplies & EquipmentEquipment

Supplies and Equipment include books, classroom supplies, computers, etc.

There was a minimal increase in this category.

Technology is important. This coming year we will be replacing computers at a cost of $235,287

Debt ServiceDebt Service Interest and Principal

increased for this budget by $1,803,471 over the previous year due to construction and renovation at various facilities.

How does this compare to How does this compare to last year?last year?

Budgeted expenditures increased by $4,462,686 over the previous year

District personnel in this Budgeting process have cut as much as possible

Two reasons for the Large Two reasons for the Large IncreaseIncrease

Tuition increases particularly Charter Schools in the amount of $2,120,295 or 47% of the total increase

Interest and Principal payments on long-term debt accounted for an increase of $1,803,471 or 40% of the increase

Those Items We Control Those Items We Control and Those Items We Do and Those Items We Do

Not Not Both of the previous two items account for 87% of the

increase. Charter school enrollment is out of the District’s

control, however we could media blitz our stakeholders to slow or stop the flow of students out of the District.

The increase in interest and principal payments was a commitment already voted on by the Board of School Directors.

The Additional 13% The Additional 13% IncreaseIncrease

The additional increase of 13% or $538,920 is due to an increase in the retirement rate, the purchase of replacement computers and the increase in utilities among other things.

Budget RecapBudget Recap

Total Revenue $75,111,544Total Expenditures 80,360,294Difference $ 5,248,750

We plan on using the Undesignated Fund Balance to balance the Budget

Undesignated Fund Undesignated Fund BalanceBalance

Estimated balance in the Undesignated Fund Balance before this Budget is projected at $8,322,941

By using $5,248,750 for this Budget the Undesignated Fund Balance will be reduced to $3,074,191

No Increase in Real Estate No Increase in Real Estate MillageMillage

Because the District has a healthy Undesignated Fund Balance there will not be a real estate tax increase this coming year!!

How are we doing How are we doing in terms NCLB?in terms NCLB?

For the current year the Adequate Yearly Progress Guideline is 54% Proficient in Reading and 45% Proficient in Math.

Let’s take a look at our Progress:

33rdrd Grade PSSA 2005 Grade PSSA 2005 ReadingReading

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District-69%

State-68%

NCLB-54%

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3rd Grade Math

District-84%

State-81%

NCLB-45%

5th Grade PSSA 2005 5th Grade PSSA 2005 ReadingReading

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5th Grade Reading

District-52%

State-64%

NCLB-54%

5th Grade PSSA 2005 5th Grade PSSA 2005 MathMath

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5th Grade Math

District-59%

State-69%

NCLB-45%

8th Grade PSSA 2005 8th Grade PSSA 2005 ReadingReading

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8th Grade Reading

District-48%

State-64%

NCLB-54%

8th Grade PSSA 2005 8th Grade PSSA 2005 MathMath

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8th Grade Math

District-41%

State-63%

NCLB-45%

11th Grade PSSA 2005 11th Grade PSSA 2005 ReadingReading

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11 Grade Reading

District-55%

State-65%

NCLB-54%

11th Grade PSSA 2005 11th Grade PSSA 2005 MathMath

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11 Grade Math

District-33%

State-51%

NCLB-45%

Overview of PSSA ScoresOverview of PSSA Scores

While we have not succeeded in meeting the 54% threshold in reading and 45% threshold in math at all grade levels taking the tests, our scores have improved.

The Administration and Staff are working to improve those scores and here is our Plan:

Our Plan to use Budgeted Our Plan to use Budgeted Expenditures to improve Expenditures to improve

Student PSSA ScoresStudent PSSA Scores We are currently aligning

the curriculum to PA Academic Standards and PSSA Assessment Anchors

Benchmarking Assessments used include DIBELS, DRA, and 4 Sight

Improve Reading ScoresImprove Reading Scores

A Reading First Grant Initiative uses a variety of creative activities to implement scientifically based reading research

Purchased the Harcourt Brace Reading Series

Improve Math ScoresImprove Math Scores

Establish Math Labs to assist students in grades 7-12

Implementation of the Glencoe Algebra, Geometry and Algebra II series to strengthen student understanding for Grades 9-12

Improve Science Scores in Improve Science Scores in 20072007

ASSET and the University of Pittsburgh provide a K-8 “hands on” science curriculum

Sixth Grade Model Assisted Reasoning in Science Collaboration

A Math Science Partnership to improve our mathematics and science curriculum and instruction

Using Technology to Using Technology to Enhance LearningEnhance Learning

We will pilot the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Project, using technology as a tool to improve student academic achievement

Maintain a ratio of nearly one computer for every two students

2006-2007 Budget 2006-2007 Budget GoalsGoals

Provide Educational Programs that challenge students to achieve their potential

Produce students who have the knowledge and wisdom to become productive citizens

Woodland Hills School Woodland Hills School DistrictDistrict

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