Bartlesville Board of Education

Special Meeting: Monday, May 2, 2011

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API Score Comparison: BPSD Enjoys 54-Point Gain from 2009 to

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(This chart compares the Bartlesville Public School District’s overall API scores – by utilizing the “new” cut scores - from the last two years .)

1. Edmond – 1450 12. Broken Arrow – 1368 23. Lawton - 1292

2. Jenks – 1424 13. Durant – 1361 24. Sapulpa - 1291

3. 14. Union – 1344 25. Guthrie - 1290

4. 15. Tahlequah – 1341 26. Enid - 1277

5. 16. Altus – 1328 27. Coweta - 1274

6. 17. Choctaw/Nicoma Park – 1317 28. Duncan - 1272

7. 18. Midwest City/Del City – 1316 29. Tulsa - 1162

8. 19. Sand Springs - 1311 30. Muskogee - 1158

9. Bartlesville - 1381 20. Ponca City - 1307 31. Oklahoma City - 1137

9. Yukon – 1381 20. Putnam City – 1307 32. Western Heights - 1072

11. Mustang - 1373 22. Shawnee - 1299

Moore – 1401

Norman – 1400

Owasso – 1397

Stillwater – 1388

Claremore – 1387

Bixby – 1385

2009 API Scores: Oklahoma’s 32 Largest School Districts

2010 API Scores: Oklahoma’s 32 Largest School Districts1. Edmond – 1346 12. Broken Arrow -

1194 23. Ponca City - 10982. Jenks – 1298 13. Durant - 1169

24. Sapulpa - 10973. Bartlesville - 1285 14. Union - 1166 25.

Coweta - 10754. Norman – 1258 15. Tahlequah - 1147

26. Shawnee - 10625. Moore - 1257 16. Altus - 1143

27. Duncan - 10575. Owasso - 1257 17. Sand

Springs - 1141 28. Enid - 10307. Yukon - 1252 18. Putnam City –

1124 29. Muskogee - 9288. Stillwater - 1246 19. Choctaw/Nicoma

Park – 111930. Tulsa - 9209. Bixby – 1243 20. Guthrie – 1114

31. Oklahoma City - 89610.Claremore – 1219 20. Mid West City/Del

City – 1114 32. Western Heights - 73511.Mustang - 1214 22. Lawton - 1098

What Makes Us Successful?• Small Class Sizes• Periodic Assessments to Measure Progress• Individualized Remediation for Students• Continuous Supports in Place for Individual Students

Federal Stimulus Funds Received by BPSD(These are funds received in the last three years)

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Projecting Ahead for BPSD’s Fund Balance

Questions from Citizens

1. Has the district looked at the option of going to a four-day school week instead of the current five-day plan? Could cost savings be realized through such a plan? What are the arguments for and against such a plan?

2. Would a slight increase in local ad valorem taxes ease some of the Bartlesville Public School District’s budget pains and perhaps alleviate the need to close Oak Park Elementary School? What about increasing taxes throughout the state to help create additional revenue to ease the burden on common education and other state-funded agencies in Oklahoma?

(Note: For years 2001-11)

Sales Tax Proceeds (All hinges on the ballot and how it is worded.)Municipalities may support any public school system located in whole or in part within the corporate limits of the municipality or any public school system located outside and completely surrounded by the corporate limits of the municipality, including without limitation by the expenditure of municipal revenues for construction or improvement of public school facilities. In furtherance of municipal support for any public school system, as authorized by this section,the municipal governing body may take all actions necessary to effectuate such support. (11-22-159)A municipal sales tax ordinance which provides that tax proceeds shall be distributed to two public school districts with school buildings or other facilities within city limits, but omits to provide for a third district that has no school buildings or other facilities within city limits, is presumptively constitutional. January 28, 2005 (AG Op. No. 05-2)Money raised by a municipality for the benefit of local schools may lawfully be expended for general revenue items of day-to-day school operations, including teacher salaries. However, any municipal ordinance levying a sales tax for a special purpose must specify the purpose for which the tax will be used. February 13, 2003 (AG Op. No. 03-6).Statute is constitutional. Levy of sales tax to benefit school district is valid public purpose. Grimes v. City of Oklahoma City, 2002 OK 47

Bond ProceedsBond proceeds may only be used for capital improvements, supplies, and equipment; no staff salaries.  Salaries as part of a construction project or purchased services related to capital improvements are allowed.Source: Oklahoma School Laws; Rick Smith, Municipal Finance

3. Where are the funds that the state is cutting from common education going? Weren’t more funds for common education supposed to be generated by the lottery?

4. Voters passed school bond issues in 2001 (for $30.5 million) and 2007 (for $29.95 million). Why can’t some of that money be used to save Oak Park? Could a special bond issue be proposed to help offset the budget challenges which the district is currently facing?

5. The BPSD was expected to realize savings by closing the Will Rogers Early Childhood Center a year early. Were these savings realized, and if so, how was the money used?

6. Please go into detail as to exactly how the estimated $600,000 in cost savings – on an annual basis – will be realized by closing Oak Park Elementary School. Aren’t most of the projected savings in the area of staffing? Doesn’t the plan include not having to have a reduction in force? Though cost savings will be realized by closing Oak Park, won’t some additional costs be added, such as those which will come from transporting Oak Park students to their new school? How do these costs affect the budget picture?

7. What other plans were considered for budget relief in addition to the option of closing Oak Park? How much input was sought from the community in regard to these plans?

8. In light of the recent additions which were made to Ranch Heights, Wayside and Woodrow Wilson elementary schools, was the plan always in place to close Oak Park? Was the decision to add onto the three elementary schools ultimately a good one, especially in light of the fact that there is seemingly enough room to house all of the students from Oak Park at Wilson? Is there any truth to the rumor that consideration is being given to the possibility of building a new elementary school, especially in an area that is seen to be growing within Bartlesville, such as the location near Washington Park Mall?

9. How much did the additions at those three schools – Ranch Heights, Wayside and Wilson – cost the district?

Three Products of $29.95 Million School Bond Issue of 2007

Ranch Heights Additions…..$2,950,616.08Wayside Additions…………$2,343,615.26Wilson Additions…………..$1,532,838.97

TOTAL……………………..$6,827,070.31

10. The BPSD’s fund balance for the upcoming 2011-12 academic year is expected to be $5.9 million, or around 15.2 percent of the district’s total budget. Can some of that money be used to save Oak Park? What about money from the BPSD’s building fund?

11. How much in funding does the district receive to educate each student? How does that money affect the BPSD’s budget? What percentage of the money comes from the state and what are some other major sources of revenue? As state funding seems to be unreliable these days, is there a way for the BPSD to reduce its reliance on that specific source of revenue?

12. If Oak Park is closed, will the students who are forced to relocate to Wilson receive the same high level of education that they received at their former school?

13. What concern do you have for the welfare of the Oak Park community if the decision is indeed made to close the school? Will there be anything that can be done to ease the pain of the closing, as the school is seemingly such a vital part of the neighborhood? Is there a way to fill the void if the summer feeding program disappears along with the school?

14. BPSD officials have displayed their support for the “neighborhood school” concept. With that being the case, how does the plan to close Oak Park fit into that concept?

15. If the decision is made to close Oak Park, that would leave only two out of six BPSD elementary schools west of the Caney River. What are your thoughts about this possibility?

16. The original plan for changing the elementary school attendance boundaries – to allow for six schools if needed instead of the current seven – was recently altered. Can you give us some insight into those changes and how they will affect everyone? How many children are affected by the changes to the elementary school attendance boundaries? Why was the decision to make most of the changes go from the west to the east? How many students would be affected if we rotated the other way – from east to west? Why are the students of Wilson Elementary being split three ways? Current students will be either kept at Wilson or moved to either Hoover or Wayside. Was there an alternate plan for changing the attendance boundaries? Who would be responsible for making a new plan? Could Wilson just absorb all of Oak Park’s students so that no other attendance boundary changes would have to be made?

17. How do the salaries of BPSD administrators compare to that of those in comparable districts?

Students per Total Staff member

Oklahoma Rank Among Seven States in Immediate Region

Students per Teacher

Students per Administrator

Students per Service/Support Personnel

Highest 13% above avg.2nd Highest 5% above avg.Highest 20% above avg.

Highest 21% above avg.

Source: EducationBug.Org from Public School and School District sources

Bartlesville Rank among 6A peers Avg of Peer Group State Average

Students per Teacher 17 lowest 18.49 16.7

Teacher Salary $42,938 fourth lowest $43,891 $43,584

Students per Administrator 227 exact middle 223 178

Administrator Salary $70,572 third lowest $76,194 $73,559

% of District Expenditures spent on Instruction 60%

second highest to Claremore 56% 55%

% of District Expenditures spent on Administration 6.96% Sixth lowest 7.73% 8.44%

ADM / # of Teachers

ADM / # of Administrators

Includes amounts for District Administration and School Administration

Source: Education Oversight Board Office of Accountability, 2009 District Reports

Average size of Bartlesville elementary school 411 Average size of 95 elem. schools in 13 peer districts526

Bartlesville’s elementary school are the fourth smallest average enrollment in the 13 district peer group

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Oak Park Elementary 251 Elementary schools in peer districts under 350

13 Ponca City (5), Enid (3), Sand Springs (1), Bartlesville (2), Claremore, SapulpaElementary schools in peer districts under 300 5Ponca City (296 & 291), Sand Springs (284)Schools in 13 peer districts smaller than Oak Park

1Bartlesville (251); Enid (171)

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Based on 2009 Fall Enrollment numbers from Education Oversight Board Office of Accountability

18. Can teachers and administrators take a pay cut in order to save money? Have raises for them been budgeted for the upcoming 2011-12 academic year? If so, can that move be justified in light of current funding challenges? Can all district employees – including administrators – take a temporary five percent pay cut to allow for some budget relief?

19. If activities such as athletics, band and/or busing were cut, how much savings would the district realize?

20. How many middle school students – from Central and Madison – will be affected by the new boundaries? How difficult are transfers at the middle school level if some students and parents aren’t comfortable with the changes at the middle school level?

21. If the new attendance boundaries are implemented, will the paperwork for our children be transferred for us or will we need to go to our new home school to update our paperwork, including transfer requests?

22. Why are we told that transfers will be taken when on the other side you are saying you are trying to get the schools to their capacities?  If the latter is true, will there be spots available for transfers?

23. Are the “out of district” transfers going to be prioritized over “in district transfers”? Will current transfers be prioritized over new ones?  How will this be done fairly? What is the best source of information to learn more about the district’s open transfer policies?

24. Would it make more sense to close another elementary school instead of Oak Park? What about closing one of the middle schools?

Current ElementaryClassroom Capacity

School Number of Regular ClassroomsHoover 22Jane Phillips 18Richard Kane 24Oak Park 15Ranch Heights 28Wayside 29Woodrow Wilson 29

25. If teachers can possibly “split time” between sites, would that be possible for administrators as well?

26. In light of everything that is going on, can class sizes be expected to increase throughout the district? What is a typical average class size? What are the dangers of growth beyond that size?

27. Are there current properties that the Bartlesville Public School District owns which aren’t being properly utilized, such as former school buildings? Is money being spent to maintain them? Would a better option be to sell them?

28. What cuts are being made at the secondary level? Can some classes – such as reading for pleasure and keyboarding – be cut from the curriculum in order to realize some savings?

29. Presented is a possible alternative plan which might allow for some budget relief. What are your thoughts on the plan?

30. Could each school budget be trimmed by a predetermined amount – say $60,000 apiece for a full savings of $660,000?

31. Do we typically – as a district – exhaust all grant possibilities at the local, state and federal levels when it comes to funding assistance for a myriad of educational possibilities?

32. If the decision is made to close down one of the three west side schools – namely Oak Park Elementary School, of course – does that mean more money (such as Title 1 funds) might potentially make its way to the other two?

33. Some consider the potential closing of Oak Park Elementary School to be a long-term solution to a short-term problem, since the economy is beginning to show signs of life again. Why not tighten the belt for the short term and then carry on as usual once the economy recovers?

34. How many students who live in the Oak Park neighborhood actually attend school in Dewey? If the decision is made to close Oak Park Elementary School, what is the cost per student that the BPSD could potentially lose in revenue?

35. Why is “Plan A” more desirable than “Plan B”?

36. Oak Park students have seemingly scored better in the area of reading than those at Wilson. If the decision is made to close Oak Park, could Wilson potentially adopt the reading program which is currently being utilized at Oak Park?

37. What will happen to the sexual predator buffer zone provided by the school?

38. If an Oak Park child becomes ill at Wilson, would the school provide transportation home if the parent was unable to pick up the child?

39. Did BPS actually capture $320,000 of cost savings when it closed the Will Rogers Early Childhood Center?

40. What is the $500,000 line in our budget report called “Community Services”?

41. What BPSD budget line items have increased by more than two percent in the last three years?

42. What have been our FTE trends in teacher and administrator counts over the last three years?

43. Is there going to be a bond election in the near future?

44. How much of an impact would lowered property values in Oak Park have on the BPSD ad valorem tax budget?

45. Is it feasible to effectively run Oak Park with, say, only half the present administrative staff support?

Bartlesville Board of Education

Special Meeting: Monday, May 2, 2011