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