Schools
Clayton Schools Cut $1.4 Million From 2013-14 Budget
The board of education cut $1.2 from the 2013-14 budget and additional funds from the 2014-15 budget.
Update: Additional information was provided Tuesday by the School District of Clayton.
The total amount of the reductions for the 2013-2014 school year will be $1,416,253. In addition to the $1,203,753, the reductions related to the employee benefit allotment will go into effect in January 2014. Therefore, the $425,000 in reductions will be split between the 2013-2014 school year and the 2014-2015 school year, with $212,500 to be reduced from the budget in both school years.
The $212,500 reduced in 2014-2015, in addition to the $10,000 reduction to the District-wide Lab Classroom program, will result in a total of $222,500 in reductions for the 2014-2015 school year. In all, the Board approved $1,638,753 in permanent budget reductions.
The School District of Clayton cut $1.2 million from the 2013-14 budget at its Jan. 30 meeting. These cuts are permanent, according to a presentation by Superintendent Dr. Sharmon Wilkinson earlier in January.
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According to the District, the reductions approved are intended to protect the District's "Instructional Core" and minimize the impact on students, teachers and curriculum by focusing on organizational/operational changes.
The 2013-14 cuts include:
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(1.50) ($58,947) Middle School Office Asst.
(1.00) ($39,298) High School Departmental Asst.
(2.00) ($78,596) High School Library Horizons Manager (1.00) ($56,750) Family Center Admin. Asst. (.20) ($26,836) Facility Services Reorganization ($46,720) Technology - Salary decrease due to retirement
($35,000) Oasis Coordinator (.50) ($26,312) Subtotal - Support Staff (6.20) ($430,459) Interns Truman Interns (4.0) ($84,468) Middle School Fine Arts Intern (1.0)
($34,130)
Middle School Reading Intern (2.0) ($68,260) Middle School Library Intern (1.0) ($42,709) Subtotal - Interns (8.0) ($229,567) Part-Time Temp. Emp. (PTTE) Elementary ($30,000) Middle School Think Tank ($16,578) District Wide Lab Classroom ($10,000) Subtotal - PTTE($56,578) Other Rebid copier agreement ($31,130) Building Operations Budgets ($25,000) Central Office Budgets
($25,000) One-Time Savings Freeze PTTE position not paid on flat rate for one year ($16,000) Subtotal 2013-14 (18.90) ($1,203,753)
Cuts for 2014-15 include savings in the district health insurance allotment and part-time temporary employment.
Financial Planning
The District formed a Long-Term Financial Planning (LTFP) Committee during the 2012-2013 school year to continue its comprehensive review of District expenditures and make recommendations for permanent budget reductions to the Board of Education in January 2013.
The District has been studying expenditures since 2010. Last year the Board of Education approved more than $935,000 in permanent budget reductions effective with the 2012-2013 school year’s budget.
The District currently is in its fourth year of deficit spending due to increasing expenditures and stagnant revenues. To avoid further erosion of its fund balance and eliminate the need for short-term borrowing, the District’s administration and Board of Education have committed to making permanent changes to staffing and programming.
The Board began its discussion Jan. 9.
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