The Valley Stream
Central High School District will look to cut its 2012-13 school budget by $1.1
million in order to meet the state’s new tax levy cap. Administrators
recommended potential cuts to the Board of Education at the Feb. 7 budget
meeting.
Superintendent Dr. Bill Heidenreich and his staff outlined ways to reduce the budget after the board, at a previous meeting on Jan. 7, agreed to stay within the limitations of the tax cap. According to Heidenreich, administrators looked at the 2011-12 school budget and put all of the district’s expenses into a continuation budget. It was then estimated that to maintain all of the district’s programs, the tax levy increase would need to be 3.4 percent, greater than the allowable tax levy increase of about 2 percent.
“In order to meet that goal,” Heidenreich said, “essentially, we’d have to reduce the continuation budget by $1.1 million, and that represents about the third consecutive year that we’re looking at program reductions, redesigning and restructuring in order to put forth a budget that maintains instructional opportunities at a tax rate that we believe the community can afford and support.”
Wayne Loper, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, explained to the board many of the recommended ways to make these reductions. Loper said there would be 10 positions cut in the plan, including four teaching assistants, one physical education and health position, one copy machine operator, one copy machine operating aide, one technology aide, one typist clerk from the Instructional Services Center and a part-time typist clerk from the Adult Education department. Heidenreich said that the district has a retirement incentive and many of the personnel reductions will be done through attrition.
Superintendent Dr. Bill Heidenreich and his staff outlined ways to reduce the budget after the board, at a previous meeting on Jan. 7, agreed to stay within the limitations of the tax cap. According to Heidenreich, administrators looked at the 2011-12 school budget and put all of the district’s expenses into a continuation budget. It was then estimated that to maintain all of the district’s programs, the tax levy increase would need to be 3.4 percent, greater than the allowable tax levy increase of about 2 percent.
“In order to meet that goal,” Heidenreich said, “essentially, we’d have to reduce the continuation budget by $1.1 million, and that represents about the third consecutive year that we’re looking at program reductions, redesigning and restructuring in order to put forth a budget that maintains instructional opportunities at a tax rate that we believe the community can afford and support.”
Wayne Loper, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, explained to the board many of the recommended ways to make these reductions. Loper said there would be 10 positions cut in the plan, including four teaching assistants, one physical education and health position, one copy machine operator, one copy machine operating aide, one technology aide, one typist clerk from the Instructional Services Center and a part-time typist clerk from the Adult Education department. Heidenreich said that the district has a retirement incentive and many of the personnel reductions will be done through attrition.
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