Let’s Work Together Presented by the Rio Teacher’s Association March 24, 2011.

Let’s Work Together

Presented by the Rio Teacher’s Association

March 24, 2011

Comparing Apples to OrangesSuperintendent salaries:

Mupu School District $21, 0001 school 127 students

Santa Clara School District $34,0001 school55 students

Rio School District $192,0008 schools4,150 students

Elementary Schools in Ventura CountyAPPLES

Santa Clara 55 studentsMupu 127 studentsSomis 310 studentsBriggs 457 studentsMesa Union 580 students

ORANGESOcean View 2510 studentsSanta Paula 3699 studentsRio 4150 studentsPleasant Valley 6509 studentsHueneme 7988 studentsOxnard El. 14,792 students issued May 18, 2009

Reality of the last 3 years

• Decrease in State and Federal Funding• Increase in Students • Increase in Administrative Positions• Decrease in Number of Teachers• Decrease in Number of Classified Staff

Rio’s 2010-11 Budget Priorities2010-11 School Year

23 teachers don’t have jobs

2010-11 School Year

33 CSEA members don’t have jobs or had their hours reduced

2010-11 School Year

No Administrator lost a job

Percentage of Total Outgo (Budget)Teacher Salaries

Ranked #1 Hueneme Elem 48.93 %

Ranked #2 Pleasant Valley 46.94 %

Ranked # 3 Oxnard Elem 44.12%

Ranked #4 Ocean View Elem.

43.45%

Ranked #5 Santa Paula Elem 42.32%

Ranked #6 Rio 37.93%

Percentage of Total Outgo (Budget)

Classified Salaries

Ranked #1 Santa Paula 14.77%

Ranked #2 Pleasant Valley 14.26%

Ranked #3 Oxnard Elem. 13.03%

Ranked #4 Ocean View 12.95%

Ranked #5 Hueneme 11.75%


Percentage of Total Outgo (Budget)Teacher Salaries and Benefits







Percentage of Total Outgo (Budget)Services and Other Operating Expenditures







Percentage of Total Outgo (Budget)Administrative Salaries

Ranked #1 Rio 6.17%






Percentage of Total Outgo (Budget)Health Benefits Only







Priorities ?

Salaries Health and WelfareAdministration

#1Administration

#1

Teachers#6

Teachers#1

Classified#6

Classified#1

Priorities?Certificated Classified Administration

2004/2005 43.19% 11.14% 5.05%

2005/2006 43.06% 11.38% 5.51%

2006/2007 38.99% 11.10% 4.94%

2007/2008 36.99% 11.00% 5.53%

2008/2009 37.50% 10.68% 6.16%

2009/2010 37.93% 10.70% 6.17%

2010/2011 36.06% 10.97% 6.64%

Total -7.03% -0.17% +6.59% 2004-2010 come from district actuals2010-2011 projected-district unaudited budget

Teacher Salary Settlement

1999 - 2010 2004 - 2007 2007-2010

Hueneme 32.96% 11.5% 3.25%

Oxnard 32.54% 12.18% 4.38%

PleasantValley 29.83% 13.64% 0%

Ocean View 29.01% 9.51% 4.0%

Rio 19% 0% 6%

Santa Paula unavailable unavailable unavailable

Fastest Shrinking

Salary Schedule History For over 15 years, the members of RTA

and CSEA chose to have the money typically used for salary increases, put toward full funding of their health and welfare benefits. Irrefutable evidence is the discrepancy between Hueneme’s 32.96% increase and Rio’s 19.0% increase and the contract language that follows.

2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011

The certificated salary schedule shall be increased

…minus the increased cost of health insurance premiums…(for the school year).

July 1, 2007, June 30, 2011 Contract Language

Working Together to Pay a Debt

• In 1997, both RTA and CSEA negotiated the creation of the Retiree Benefit Fund. (GASB)

• Money for the fund came from the State provided (6.4%) Cost of Living Adjustment

• The C.O.L.A. is on-going money; each year, the 1997 State increase, funds the $625,000 payment

Working Together

Yr 03 - 04 05 – 06COLA 1.88% 4.27%Raise 0% 0%

GASBY* $625,000 (forgiven) $625,000 (forgiven)

Loan_______________0_________________$375,000 loan $625,000 $1.000,000

Total: $1,625,000

The retiree benefit fund not technically a GASB fund, but the term is commonly used to refer to the fund.

Miscellaneous Costs by DistrictEnrollment District Costs

2,476 Ocean View $ 497,000

8,091 Hueneme $ 610,000

7,151 Pleasant Valley $1,125,000

4,150 Rio $1,675,000

15,281 Oxnard $3,545,000

Miscellaneous Costs includes:travel, conferences, dues/memberships to professional organizations, insurance (not health and welfare), equipment rentals

Priorities?Public Relations

$511, 758.25 March 07 to March 11

Administrative Travel/Conference$127, 834.83

2006-07 to 2009-10 school year

Administrative Dues and Memberships$14,657 per year

Consultants District will not provide a yearly amount spent on consultants.

Administrative Costs

Administrative Costs Administrative Costs as a percentage of the General Fund

2008/2009

Rio 15.5%

Ocean View 14.4%

Pleasant Valley 13.8%

Hueneme 10.8%

Oxnard 9.5%

Santa Paula unavailable

Administrative Positions that didn’t exist three years ago

Yearly Saving to District (estimated)

Assistant Superintendent Business Services: $167,000Director of Technology $158,000Custodian Grounds Supervisor $77,000Coordinator III Youth Family & $140,000Partnership Engagement $ ??????

Yearly Saving Total $525,000(Approximately 10 teachers)

Administrative Restructure Possibilities

Director of Accounting $100,000(If assistant superintendent position is kept)

Administrative Secretary II $73,000Business ServicesRisk Management Technician $55,000Receptionist Front Desk $50,000

Total Savings to District: $278,000

Rio’s Leadership statesBest case scenario

1.6 million dollars must be cut from the budget..

A yearly budget containing:• $130,000 public relation costs• $40,000 administrative travel/conferences• $700,000 Office of Student/Family Service• $800,000 in legal fees• $525,000 in new administrative positions

Rio’s Leadership States Worst Case Scenario

2.8 million dollars must be cut from the Budget

• During negotiations District leadership stated that the 2.8 million cut had grown to 3 million dollars.

• The explanation: decreased State funding and increased costs of business.

• By how much did the State decrease funding?• Answer: $77,000• The State reduces Rio’s funding by $77,000.• Without explanation District Leadership adds an additional

$200,000 to the deficit.

Where We are NowOn the second day of negotiations, Rio School District

declared Impasse accusing the Rio Teachers’ Association of bad faith bargaining:• Before discussing any type of administrative reductions• Before answering questions about administrative and

miscellaneous costs• Before explaining why the district was reducing the

number of school days, while adding to a teacher’s workload

• Before giving the teachers and opportunity to understand how we can contribute to working together to solve our current crisis.

Let’s Work Together!

Sources of Information

• Ventura County Grand Jury Report, May 09• District provided data• Sacramento Bee Data

Let’s Work Together Presented by the Rio Teacher’s Association March 24, 2011.

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