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August
12, 2010
Board
of Education adopts 2010-11 tax rates – lower
than projected at budget vote in May
May
28, 2010
Here
are the results of the exit poll conducted at the May
18 budget vote. Many thanks to the 340
community members who completed the poll. The results
have been shared with the Board of Education.
May
19, 2010
Here's
the article in the Spotlight about the budget vote.
May
18, 2010
Thank You Scotia-Glenville!
2010-11
budget, bus purchase approved.
Benedetto, Crapo and Smith elected.
May 10, 2010
These
flyers summarizing the 2010-11 budget will be sent home
with students this week.
May
5, 2010
This
presentation (in PDF) was made at tonight's public hearing.
May
5, 2010
New
voting machines to be used at May 18 vote
Absentee
deadlines for May 18 vote
April
26, 2010
The
2010-11 budget newsletter was sent to print today.
It will be mailed after the public hearing on May 5.
April
23, 2010
A
PDF copy of 2010-11 budget is available (this is a big
file, 98 pages and 6.8 megabytes).
A
paper copy is available at the business office, end
of Lark Street, Scotia.
April
19, 2010
Five
candidates file petitions to seek three seats on the
Board of Education.
April
14, 2010
Spring
2010 newsletter has story about the budget on pages
1 and 2.
March
30, 2010
Here's
the Daily Gazette story about the budget adoption.
March
29, 2010
Superintendent
Susan Swartz's revised presentation showing the changes
made before budget adoption (PDF).
The Board of Education unanimously approved
a budget for the 2010-11 school year this evening.
The proposed budget totals $47.33 million and would
increase taxes by 3.15%. On a typical home with a $160,000
assessment, that is about $100 per year before savings
from the state's STAR school tax reduction program.
Spending would increase by 1.4% or $677,779 above the
current year's budget of $46.65 million.
The community considers the budget during voting from
6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18. A public hearing
on the budget will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May
5.
Read
more about the adopted budget.
March 22, 2010
Board of Education members asked the superintendent
to restore funding to several areas:
•
0.4 foreign language for grade 6 exploratory class;
• 0.4 technology
position for Advance Computer Projects at 7th grade;
•1.0 full-time
teaching assistant for elementary library computer
labs;
• Varsity
swim and golf teams - partial funding;
• Young Scholars
(from an earlier BOE meeting);
• $3,750 for
academic contests like Odyssey of the Mind and the
annual Spelling Bee;
• Partial restoration
of summer school for grades 9-12.
The
Board of Education agreed to use an additional $260,000
for the fund balance - about half going to these restorations
and half going to reduce the tax rate.
BOE members decided against restoring funding to the
float nurse and 1-2-3 Success programs.
Discussion of the budget will continue at the
Monday, March 29 meeting at 7 p.m. in the MS cafeteria.
March
22, 2010
Board
of Education accepts memorandum of agreement with nurse's
union for health and wage concessions.
March
20, 2010
Here
are the results of the forum responses in each room
(PDF) from the March 13 and 17 forums. This information
in this document is separated into proposed Elementary,
Secondary and Districtwide reductions followed by the
responses by the community to those reductions.
Here
are the tabulated results from the three questions on
the summary cards and additional Feedback Form comements
from the forums (PDF).
March
17, 2010
65-70 residents, administrators and Board of
Education members gathered for the second community
budget forum at the middle school to discuss the 2010-11
budget.
Here
is the handout from the forum.
March
15, 2010
Superintendent Susan Swartz, having been asked
for additional possible reductions by the Board of Education,
presented another $126,194 in potential cutbacks.
Here is a PDF of her Powerpoint presentation.
She
and the Board of Education also discussed areas
that may be restored (in PDF) if state aid funding
came back or the Board of Education agreed to take more
from the accumulated fund balance "rainy day"
fund. Board members asked Swartz to put pricetags on
the proposed items.
Board of Education members agreed to present
a bus purchase proposal for three buses on May 18.
Transportation Director David VanSchaick said his department
would replace buses #s153, 154 and 155 because of increasing
maintenance costs and underbody corrosion. Those three
buses were purchased in 1998. The three new buses would
cost $290,147 before state reimbursement. This
purchase would not affect the 2010-11 budget or tax
rate.
The board did not take a formal vote on the plan.
That is expected at the March 22 meeting.
March
13, 2010
About 60 community members, administrators
and Board of Educatin memembers attended the first of
two community budget forums at the Middle School.
Here
is the handout for the forums, which details reductions
proposed to date in the 2010-11 budget (in PDF).
The
next forum is scheduled for 7 p.m. on March 17.
March
9, 2010
Daily
Gazette story about the school district's budget reductions
March 5, 2010
Spotlight
News story about the school district's budget reductions.
March
4, 2010
Superintendent
Susan Swartz presents an additional $129,000 in reductions
that include elimination of funding for the cheerleading,
swim and golf programs; reductions in grade 7 boys basketball,
basekball and girls volleyball; reductions of family
and consumer science, art, music and special education
teaching positions. The Board of Education also opted
to use one -third of the estimated tax assessment growth
in the community ($160,000) toward reducing taxes.
Here
is a PDF of her presentation to the Board of Education.
March
1, 2010
Superintendent
Susan Swartz presents 2010-11 budget that includes
layoffs and program reductions or eliminations. Includes
a PDF of her presentation to the Board of Education.
This
notice will be included in school newsletters over the
next two weeks:
BUDGET FORUMS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 13 AND 17
Scotia-Glenville schools, like others in the
area and state, are facing a large cut in state aid
that will lead to dozens of jobs being eliminated and
several programs eliminated or reduced. Superintendent
Susan Swartz will discuss the impact of the proposed
2010-11 budget at two budget forums. They
will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, and 7
p.m. on Wednesday, March 17. Both will be at the Middle
School library. This is a chance for
the school community to provide additional information
regarding the upcoming budget. The community considers
the budget on May 18.
February
23, 2010
Administrators
agree to union contract concessions
Daily
Gazette article about Scotia-Glenville budget
February
1, 2010
Winter
newsletter includes stories about Scotia-Glenville's
budget issues and the three
Board of Education seats that will be up for election
on the May 18 ballot.
January
29, 2010
Letter
to staff regarding budget situation.
January 25, 2010
Superintendent
Susan Swartz presents budget
scenarios and possible reductions in spending (Powerpoint
presentation in PDF format).
January
19, 2010
Gov.
David Paterson presents 2010-11 state budget that dramatically
reduces spending for schools by $1.1 billion.
Scotia-Glenville officials review information and await
clarifications.
January
15, 2010
Gov.
Paterson restores aid reductions from December and January
STAR payments; full-day kindergarten grants still delayed
until the fall.
January
11, 2010
Superintendent Susan Swartz presents a carry-forward
budget (Powerpoint presentation in PDF format)
that would increase spending by 5 percent and taxes
by 10 percent. She and Board of Education vow to reduce
spending.
December
2009
Governor
Paterson orders reductions in state aid, STAR payments
to schools.
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