BUDGET CUTTING PRESENTATION EDAD 5400 Sara Schochler and Sam Jackson

82% OF THE BUDGET IS PAYROLL (TROUDT 2015)

•  Regarding the hiring of fewer para-professionals or support-staff personal; “It’s difficult through empirical research to determine what contribution aides make to elevate student achievement” (Guthrie, 2012).

  •  “Redefining the roles of classroom teachers and other staff

members provides great opportunities for increased productivity” (Petrelli, 2015).

•  In Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, “The district also has consolidated some services, which means more hours but barely any more overtime pay for many employees” (Edwards, 2013).

3. CAMPUS SECURITY

CAMPUS BUILDING OPERATIONS CUTS

CAMPUS MATERIALS

•  “Cloud computing was the answer. I decided to create an e-classroom in which all notes and worksheets were uploaded to a free website, allowing students to access the documents whenever they wanted” (Damani, 2012).

CAMPUS CLIMATE CONTROL

MEDIA AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

9.  The Additional Consideration document reveals the possibility of saving the district $7,235 by not implementing Media Services (print) into the budget (Veitenheimer 2010).

10. District level cuts in Media Services promote campus level cuts in Professional Development which can now be done via Webinars and other electronic forums; the amount a campus could cut depends on the individual campus and year in question (Troudt 2015).

One Final Thought

•  “Solving our budget crisis shouldn’t come at the expense of children. We should do everything we can to protect students’ learning opportunities, improve the

effectiveness and productivity of their schools” (Petrelli, 2015).

REFERENCES Damani, Bijal. Tell Me About How You’re Doing More with Less: Going to the Cloud.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Educational Leadership.

December 2011- January 2012.

Edwards, Tamala and Hassett, Jody. Schools Find Creative Budget Solutions. ABC News.

August 2013. Web. 6 April. 2015. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=129514

Guthrie, James W. Fine-Tuning the Cuts. Association for Supervision and Curriculum

Development. Educational Leadership. December 2011-January 2012.

Petrelli, Michael J. How School Districts Can Stretch the School Dollar. Policy Brief. Thomas B.

Fordham Institute. Web. 6 April. 2015. http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED532507.pdf

Troudt, Sandy. Principal. Indian Springs Middle School. Keller Independent School District.

Personal Interview. 7 April 2015.

Veitenheimer, Dr. James B. Payroll Considerations. Email notification to all Keller ISD district

employees. 15 June 2010.

Veitenheimer, Dr. James B. Additional Considerations. Email notification to all Keller ISD

district employees. 15 June 2010.

Veitenheimer, Dr. James B. Efficiency Items. Email notification to all Keller ISD district

employees. 15 June 2010.