Superintendent's Cabinet Recommendations to the Board

Superintendent’s Cabinet Recommendations to the Board
For Budget Cuts for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010

The following recommendations were developed with a potential Revenue Limit reduction from the General Fund of $450,000 for the current 2008-2009 school year and $600,000 for the next school year, 2009-2010.

In addition, the District must reduce its categorical expenses by $250,000 for the 2008-2009 school year and $188,931 for the 2009-2010 school year. The total reduction needed is $1,419,021.
RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS COST SAVINGS
Reduce the Office Specialist at D. H. White Elementary School from 6 hours to 3 hours per day
$12,263.00
Eliminate the Secretary position at RD/Community Day Sch. $18,436.00
Eliminate Attendance Secretary/Registrar 8-hour per day position at Delta High/Clarksburg Middle Schools. Note that this position is currently vacant. $45,471.00
Eliminate Administrative Assistant for M&O and Facilities 8-hour per day position $47,368.00
Eliminate River Delta High/Elementary School (Independent Study) Secretary 10-hours per week position $9,553.00
Eliminate Cash Counting 6-hour per week position $6,702.00
Eliminate Technology Technician (email) 2-hours per day position $10,730.00
Re-allocate categorical administrative staff from General Funds to categorical funding
$46,746.00
Reclassify from Director of Facilities full-time position (at Range 19) to full-time Director of Operations (to Range 15) $14,682.00
Eliminate the half-time (.5 FTE) Director of English Language Learners (ELL) position; merge the ELL duties with current Director of Special Education 1.0 FTE position; and move the position from 215 days to 205 days $63,588.00
Assign the principalship of Walnut Grove Elementary School to the Bates elementary/MHS/CDS principal at the current salary. $83,025.00
Certificated employees to take a reduction of 3 staff development days (1.5% of salary)
$110,243.00
Reduce ELL Program by 1.0 FTE for 2009-2010 $50,817.00
Continue to fund all Music teachers -0- .
Eliminate the contribution of $1,000 to school sites for music materials $8,000.00
Eliminate the librarian at Riverview Middle School $11,731.00
Eliminate the librarian at Clarksburg Middle School $7,165.00
Reduce the district-wide overtime pay by at least 25% $20,982.00
Eliminate three teachers from Class-size Reduction program due to increased numbers of students in said classes. Plus, eliminate 1 upper-grade class due to small class size (4.0 FTE)
$162,068.00
Eliminate .5 FTE in English (Note that current teacher has requested .50 assignment so no staff would be laid off here $25,409.00
Reduce P.E. 2 periods per day, RVHS $16,462.00
Reduce from 3 coaches to 2 coaches for varsity football at both high schools $4,108.00
Eliminate the swim team at RVHS due to lack of numbers and potential pool closure
$2,064.00
Eliminate junior varsity cheer advisors at both high schools $6,429.00
Consolidate men’s and women’s golf teams at RVHS into one coed team (which is allowable in the CIF) $1,605.00
Eliminate General Fund contribution to Migrant Education Program $40,000.00
Reduce contribution to Bates’ Health Start Program from $25,000 to $10,000 $15,000.00
Reduce contribution to Rio Vista CARE from $25,000 to $10,000 $15,000.00
No school closure in 2009-2010. However, if enrollment in the District continues to decline and/or there are additional substantial budget cuts to be made, the superintendent will recommend that Walnut Grove School closed for the 2010-2011 school year. -0- .
Reduce instructional and central office supplies by 25% $115,000.00
Eliminate the following consulting services which are not directly connected to students:
A. Susan Stuart and Associates (lobbyist) ($39,000)
B. Storage facilities (school furniture) ($4,700)
C. Littler Mendelson (union negotiations) ($11,000) $54,700.00
Eliminate KIDS, the drug dogs $8,000.00
Reduce Advanced Kids contribution by $50,000 $50,000.00
Reduce outside speech therapist use by the District hiring their own personnel $50,000.00
Eliminate mentors for certificated administrators $25,000.00
Eliminate GLAD trainers $17,755.00
Reduce energy consumption district-wide by 5% $31,286.00
Reduce summer school program to avoid General Fund contribution $30,000.00
Eliminate refreshments at District and Board meetings $3,420.00
Reduce pay-range and change title for Chief Educational Services Officer to Director of Education Services $7,164.00
Eliminate Teacher-in-Charge stipends (must be negotiated with the teachers’ union)
$15,360.00
Eliminate yearbook advisor stipends for elementary school sites $3,633.00
Reduce the vocational agricultural teachers stipend from 17% to 8.5% (must be negotiated with the teachers’ union) $39,525.00
District Leadership Team members voluntarily take a one-day work furlough $7,405.00
Classified employees voluntarily take one Board-approved holiday as non-paid day
$6,057.00

Total 1,319,953.00

The balance of the needed reduction will be covered by certain categorical programs available ending balances

FORS Agenda
Isleton Elementary
Wednesday March 25
7 pm

1. Safety Health and Cleanliness
VERVE and FORs working together-Gale Bowen, Hope Cohn
Sign up list for volunteerism—Jonathan Mazer
Custodians at RVHS, restructuring by district, Sub pool and advertising,
Utility plan for cost saving measures at schools
PG&E Energy saving plan for school sites-Mr. Hennes/Wayne Rebstock
2. WASC RVHS update-
3. Technology at schools (Riverview, Isleton, DH White, RVHS)—Principals present,
4. Old Business
5. New Business

Upcoming School Board Meetings

Hi Folks,

I've been told the next couple of meetings of the Board of Trustees will have some significant changes taking place that the FoRs group will be very happy about. I will be in Kelseyville all week for work and will not be able to make it but I'm hoping some of you will be able to make it. If there are some positive changes it would be great for us to show our community support for them!

The next Board of Trustees meeting is March 17 at 6:30 PM in Isleton.

Sincerely,
Jonathan Mazer