ATTENDANCE
Shahad Mohieldin, Jake Fisher, Michael Wylde, Adam Haynes, Ron Sherman, Kevin Vicente, Kittie Hook, Mary Jo Minogue, Jay Clapper, Jennifer Harkness-Quintana, Juliana Evans, Andrew Schwartz, Lucca Raabe, and Isabelle Maestas.
CALLED TO ORDER
4:30pm
MINUTES
Current budget: $7.6 Million
- Net increase from last year
- District has allocated some items to the school – means a larger dollar number for the
school
- We need to make substantial cuts – ~$300,000
- Comes from our projected reduced enrollment (about 66 kids fewer)
- Gideon Geisel – completely funded by Career Connect
- Administrative costs
- Lessard, Asst. Principal Greeley, athletic director
- Teachers: $71,479 per head
- Accounts for 74% of the total budget
- Can the district prove their commitment to GW by funding us more?
- We could make some cuts from non-salary expenses
- Such as printing costs, etc.
- We don’t want a surplus in funding either
- 1171 or 1190 as working numbers for student total projection 2018-19
- Mandarin teacher would be half time – only $16,000
- Yellow ranking from means that we don’t lose any funding
Budget Discussion
- 25:1 9 th grade teacher to student ratio
- 30:1 for 10 th – 12 th grade
- Maybe drop one of the following teachers:
- Mild moderate
- Visual / performing arts
- Can we share teachers with Delta?
- Yes, theoretically, but nothing is set in that way yet
- The bell schedule does conflict
- World language is pretty limited – no non-honors French class now, a lot of the DPS curriculum is designed for three years
- Freshman Seminar is tough to cut – not a single FTE – split across many subjects and taught by many teachers
Budget Cut Options
- Library Para, PE, Visual Arts, Mild Moderate
- Library is important – upgrades this summer, access for computers, printers
- Visual arts and PE – both are non-academic electives – good to have an option
- Math Tutor, JFS Psychologist, RJ Coordinator
- RJ Coordinator
- 2 feels a little excessive – 1 could be an option
Budget Interim Decisions
- Option A: We’re only looking to find $216,000 in reductions
- Less likely – maybe 10%
- Option B: Cut $301,000 (less optimal but more likely)
Final Budget Decision for RIBs
- E.
- Visual/Performing Arts
- RJ coordinator
- Math Tutor
- Mild Moderate
- JFS (full time)
- If possible we will work with the district to save the visual/performing arts position.
MEETING ADJOURNED
5:30pm
NEXT MEETING
2/5/2018 – 4:30pm