Nathan Hale Senate
Minutes for the February 23, 2007 Meeting
Meeting
called to order @ 3:15 p.m. by Chairperson, April Lindner. Approval of 2/13/07 minutes postponed until
our esteemed Senate Secretary, Shirley Dullum, returns. She is out today participating in softball
tryouts…..”Go Raider Softball 2007”.
Transformation
plan discussion also postponed until the budget process is complete and the
budget for 2007-08 is in place.
Lisa
Hechtman, Principal, presented the budget preview and preliminary information.
She
presented the projected enrollment for 07-08 compared to 06-07 and the impact
those numbers have on the budget.
2007-08 AAFTE is 986 and expected is 1054. 2006-07 AAFTE was 1038 and expected 1092. The district as a whole is expecting 450
fewer students at the high school level for 2007-08.
Utilizing
the handouts from the 2/15/07 Hale Allstaff e-mail, Lisa discussed the items on
the Budget Committee memo.doc and Budget Considerations.doc which were both
attached to that February 15th e-mail. Below please find the salient points Lisa emphasized:
Some preliminary details:
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Our timeline is tighter
this year (budgets are due 3/12)
·
I anticipate similar
monies coming in. However, staff costs
are increasing about 9%.
·
I anticipate having the
“pathways” dollars loaded so that we can plan better for that staff/program. They will remain under the district
oversight. (and will be used for Math and Language Arts).
·
I believe that the
Annual Campaign has already raised $51,000 +, so we are in good shape for
covering budget shortfalls (it took ~$78,000 +/- last year)
CONSIDERATIONS
OF BUDGETING
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Class sizes as small as
possible, especially 9th grade at 24:1
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Keep people first in
order to keep class sizes small. Goal
for across the school.
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Differentiation training
and ongoing support for inclusion
§
Staff office over summer
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$50,000 for copies
(total)
§
Need to have mailing
budget for 9th graders quarterly and for 10-12 semester grades.
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Rotation of larger
purchases among departments (well, when budget is available)
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No class that has fewer
than 18 sign ups can be offered in general ed classes
§
Special Education and
Bi-lingual (10:1)
§
If Annual Campaign
raises $120,000
§
First $100,000 to
general Hale budget.
§
Next $5,000 to increase
speed/memory of computer stations in classrooms.
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Next $10,000 to Homework
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*BEX
III meeting and development needs not from our budget.
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Next
senate meeting March 8th in the LRC 3:15 – 5:00 p.m.
Budget
committee meetings scheduled thus far:
March 1 and March 6, LRC 3:15 – 5:00 p.m.
A
reminder was given and duly noted that budget discussions are open to all and
senators are encouraged to communicate with constituents. (It’s also okay for constituents to
communicate with their respective senate reps……….editorial privilege by today’s
recording secretary.)