Dr. Linda E. GrobmanSuperintendent of Schools

Mrs. Sharon A. LearnBusiness Administrator

May 2, 2009

Status quo budgetStrategic plan initiatives carried forwardNo recommendations for additional staffReduction of positions through attritionCollaborative decision-making processS t i ti l i id liSupport existing class-size guidelinesClear direction from the board to develop a budget that is under the 4 1% indexbudget that is under the 4.1% index

Presented taxpayers with a fiscally sound and responsible budgetReviewed all available information, solicited input from a variety of stakeholders andinput from a variety of stakeholders and maintained our relentless commitment to children first.children first.Ensured budget will reflect strategies for surviving and potentially thriving in these uncertain times.Plan for one elementary watch position

Children First:◦ class size, curriculum development, classroom

materials, professional development, extracurricular activities, technology, assessment , gy,standards

Revenue: S h bl d◦ RTSD has a revenue problem, not an expenditure

problemLabor Contract Obligations:Labor Contract Obligations: ◦ salaries and benefits

RRecognize the high achievement of all students in the Radnor Township School District and create mechanisms for pcontinual improvement.AAssess and manage the resources, both human and material, to create systems that will responsibly focus endeavors on behalf of all students and the communitybehalf of all students and the community.DDefine pathways that will upgrade and support a 21st century technology infrastructure to enhance education and operations for Radnor Township School District.NNetwork with the Radnor community in collaborative pursuitsNNetwork with the Radnor community in collaborative pursuits that guide our collective work.OOrganize resources and create benchmarking systems to measure the effectiveness of our endeavors.RRejoice in the pride and spirit that are evident in Radnor, which reflects the uniqueness of our school district, and sets a course to aggressively meet the challenges of today and codify the hopes and promises of tomorrow.y p p

FBLA and LifeSmarts teams had numerous business students who placed in the top 10 at those respective state championships • RMS math student – No. 1 in state • RHS has largest group of winners ever for National German Exam • RHS girls’ ice-hockey team won inaugural girls’ Flyers Cup & state championship • 2 RMSGerman Exam RHS girls ice hockey team won inaugural girls Flyers Cup & state championship 2 RMS students win Joan Jarrett leadership award • 13 RHS Merit Finalists • Radnor grad Colby Cohen named MVP of the Frozen Four • 3 elementary students chosen to exhibit work in Harrisburg for PAEA Youth Art Month • RHS first public school honor code and honor council in the area • Andrew Lee finished second in the 2nd annual TruMark Financial Credit Union Financial Jeopardy Challenge • Jayne Levenberg (Drawing) and Louise Lee (Mixed Media) both won 1st place awards in the annual competition held among all art students in our congressional district; 12 RHS students have award winning work being displayed at the Wayne Art Center • The musicdistrict; 12 RHS students have award-winning work being displayed at the Wayne Art Center. • The music department had two students representing RHS at the All-Eastern Honors Orchestra Festival in Providence, RI. this past March. • Five RHS students in the Project Lead the Way program have earned college credit this year at Rochester Institute of Technology • Blake Rosenthal -- National and International figure skater working to compete in the Olympics • Numerous Governor's School scholars: Alexa Pegues (creative writing), Dan Koo (violin), Brooke Von Pusch (art), Simon Zheng (international entrepreneurship) • Indoor Color Guard ranked 3rd i th i di i i d lifi d f th fi t ti f T i t t Ch i hi ! H J B d ti d fin their division and qualified for the first time ever for Tri-state Championships! • Honors Jazz Band tied for third in the Yankee Division at Championships; RHS trombone section won best section award • RHS Marching Band was chosen to lead off the Mardi Gras parade at Universal Studios • Nikki (class of 2002) and Jessi (class of 2004) Lieb are both members of the USA Women's Lacrosse Team and 2009 World Cup Training Team. • The inaugural season of the RHS Squash club was a huge success, having gone from early planning to over 10 matches in just one season. • Members of the classes of 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 won prestigious National

l f h f l h h d f h d b dCouncil of Teachers of English Achievement Awards for writing • The RHS Meistersingers presented a combined concert with the chorus of the Moses Brown School (Providence, Rhode Island) • RHS Meistersingers will be performing a commissioned choral work made possible by the Radnor Education Foundation on their May 20 spring concert • The RHS Hi-Q team made the finals and finished 3rd. • The French/Italian club just attended its second opera of the year at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 11 students attended a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore • Ithan’s Chess Club won the 2008 – 2009 Greater Philadelphia Chess Championships First Place Team for K – 3 • and much, much more…

Asset management campaign • E-team to regulate district-wide programs and operating systems • Powerful teacher observation protocolsystems Powerful teacher observation protocol • More directed staff development • E-Finance system for purchases and accounts receivable • E i d f ll h l i &E-minders for all schools, saving paper & postage • Digital building operation systems in four out of five schools • Tech Paths solution forfour out of five schools Tech Paths solution for curriculum assessment • Performance Tracker for assessment system

Technology campaign • TAC • HAC • E-minders • New web site • Interactive white boards Classrooms for the Future Projectboards • Classrooms for the Future • Project Lead the Way • Virtual servers to reduce number of physical serversnumber of physical servers

University collaboration • Stakeholder group meetings • PTO Council • Council of Radnor Alumni League of Women Voters RTEAAlumni • League of Women Voters • RTEA summit meetings • Monthly board budget presentations • Town hall meeting • CASEpresentations Town hall meeting CASE pilot district • Township/school district grounds agreement • REF business connections

ACTS grant training • Performance Pathways •ACTS grant training • Performance Pathways • Realignment of staff for RTI and REI • School-based data teams • Successful completion Special Education and Finance audits: • Building capacity for increasing school-based professional development Increased uninterruptedbased professional development • Increased uninterrupted elementary instructional time with increased intervention/enrichment time • Co-teaching in science, English and social studies as a way for students with di biliti d t b d t hi h l l fdisabilities and peers to be exposed to high level of instruction while providing specially designed instruction as described in IEPs and providing remediation to those not in special education • Evolution of co-teaching and the d h ll d h i i l didata we have collected that supports its success, including the numbers of RHS students accessing more rigorous curriculum than ever before

The Technology Education Department has received national Project Lead the Way certification, meaning students are now eligible for college credit • The World Language Department won the 2005 & 2006 Golden Globe Award from the Pennsylvania State Modern Language 005 & 006 G G y S g gAssociation. The "award represents the highest level of program development that supports standards-based world language instruction." • Having forged a successful relationship with Fairmout Athletic Club in K. of P., we are a part of a growing public school squash presence, counting Conestoga, Great Valley, and Lower Merion/Harriton. RHS (and hopefully RMS) are looking forward to a much greater squash presence in RTSD as the club grows and looks forward to applying for varsity status. RHS Squash was and is a marvelous combination of pp y g y qcommunity, board, and schools working together • “Invest in Excellence” • Web site photos and stories • Student achievement featured at each board meeting • National Green Schools leader • Biodiesel buses • Public relations award of honor • Byron McCook earns doctorate • ABC president Florence Hubert recognized for community service • 3 RTSD librarians were nominated for Delco Librarian of the Year; Nancy MacKenzie named LOY • Lacrosse coach Phyllis Kilgour named 2008 Coach of the Year • RHS Classrooms for the Future teacher Abby D i l d CFF h A d B th i it d t t k l t d t t t k tDaniels and CFF coach Andrea Brothman invited to take several students to present work at Capitol Day in Harrisburg • RHS teachers and students present work at DCIU CFF conference • Roseann Burns, Paul Wright and Carl Rosin made a presentation at the DCIU gifted conference last year to highlight Radnor's interdisciplinary sequence and selected assessments • Betsy McIlwain presented "Quality Literature for Quality Thinking" to administrators, teachers and parents at the April PAGE conference • Middle School's MLK Day of service, spearheaded by Nancy Zion and Mary Ann McCarthy Elinor Ball (IES fifth grade) received the Delaware CountyNancy Zion and Mary Ann McCarthy• Elinor Ball (IES fifth grade) received the Delaware County Excellence in Teaching Award (2007-08) presented by the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union's Partners in Learning Program. She was nominated for the Pennsylvania State Teacher of the Year Program in 2009 and received the National State Teacher of the Year Apple Award for commitment and excellence in the teaching profession • and much, much more…

As of March 31, 2009Estimated Additional Title I $ 0Estimated Additional Title II-D $ 3,500

d dd l $ 6 3 200Estimated Additional IDEA $ 673,2002009-2010 BEF Increase $ 35,806State Fiscal Stabilization Grants $ 98 200State Fiscal Stabilization Grants $ 98,200

Source: American Reinvestment & Recovery Act: Preparing Our Students Today for the 21st Century Workforce Estimated SchoolStudents Today for the 21st Century Workforce - Estimated School

District Allocations

Title IID - Integrating technology into the school curriculum and providing related professional development

Special Education IDEA - Providing special education programs and services to studentseducation programs and services to students with disabilities

BEF-Increase in instructional time◦ Extend the school day◦ Extend the school day◦ Extend the school year◦ TutoringImplementation of high-rigor curricula/advancedImplementation of high rigor curricula/advanced coursesProfessional development to promote college and career ready high school graduatescareer ready high school graduatesClass size reduction Pre-k or full day kindergartenTeacher or principal incentives in strugglingTeacher or principal incentives in struggling schoolsSchool library services

Year Tax Increase Budget Increase1999 2000 4 9 % 5 0 %1999-2000 4.9 % 5.0 %2000-2001 - 5.8 %2001-2002 4.6 % 6.3 %2002-2003 5.0 % 7.0 %2003-2004 5.3 % 5.3 %2004-2005 4 8 % 5 1 %2004 2005 4.8 % 5.1 %2005-2006 4.9 % 7.1 %2006-2007 5.8 % 6.8 %2007 2008 5 0 % 6 4 %2007-2008 5.0 % 6.4 %2008-2009 7.0 % 3.5 %2009-2010 3.9 % 3.5 %

Created a framework for collaboration, cooperation and claritycooperation and clarity Opportunity to open discussions that would redesign, consider, postpone, restage, eliminate, and enhance programsand enhance programsOpportunity to transform our educational delivery modelOpportunity to redirect funds toward new ideasOpportunity to redirect funds toward new ideas◦ Administrators (Act 93)◦ Principals◦ RTEARTEA◦ RSPEA◦ Operations◦ Transportation

Items Savings ExplanationStrategic Plan – Year Two 712,055

Goal 1 – Improve CommunicationReconfigure district homepage to provide increased information

500 eMinders, upgrade district site

Teacher access to grade reporting from homeg p gMiddle and High schoolsElementary

3,5007,500

Part of eSchoolReport card

revisionParent access to grades online 500 Complete

Parent online conference sign-up 6,250 Set up complete

Annual meeting of Core Team to review progress of strategic plan

5,000 Volunteer participation

Goal 1 - Improve Communication/InfrastructureReplace office computers

25,000 Reassessed need and price

Investigate and purchase records retention service/solution for district data

12,000 Moving toward paperless

Provide access to student data assessment information to inform instruction

10,000 Revised quote

Items Savings Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d g ,

Goal 2 – Curriculum and AssessmentProvide online collaborative workspace -teachers /students

50,000 Schoolwires /Google Docs

Evaluate current high school technology course –adjust middle school course

1,275 Complete

Continue to articulate student technology 1 913 OngoingContinue to articulate student technology proficiency K-8

1,913 Ongoing

Tech Mentor Program- provide support for the integration of 21st Century skills

14,520 Building staff capacity

Full time technology coaches 132,000 Building staff capacity

Web based access to electronic card catalog for ll lib i

18,000 Future tech planall libraries

Items Savings Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d

Goals 2 & 5 – Curriculum and AssessmentHardware

Wireless mobile laptops- all schools 55,500 Price reduction

Classroom & lab computer replacement, printers 180,000 Reassessed need and price

CurriculumCurriculum

Analyze current assessment practices, identify common assessments across the district

8,160 School based data teams

Development of science common assessments 5,312 In-service days

Implement 21st century critical literacy skills in all content areas

12,750 Ongoing curriculum work

Items Savings ExplanationStrategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d

Goal 3 – Professional DevelopmentOngoing training for the Regular Education Initiative

25,500Ongoing/imbedded

work led by principals and supervisors

Application of co-teaching collaborative consultation differentiated instruction progress

12,750consultation, differentiated instruction, progress monitoring

Protocol for REI 23,400

Training in guided Inquiry for science and math 5,100

Provide training in academic vocabulary for teachers in grades K-12

2,550

Train or retrain all educational staff in the implementation of UbD and common

t

6,375

assessments

Research and identify most promising approaches to student centered learning

10,000

Crisis intervention training for students at risk 5,000 Ongoing/imbedded work led by principalswork led by principals

Provide differentiated learning opportunities to support district initiatives with accountability

9,400

Items Savings ExplanationStrategic Plan – Year Two, cont’dGoal 3 – Professional Development

Research skills that enhance communications climate and determine policies and procedures that effect group dynamics

10,000 Ongoing/imbedded work of administrative

and curricular teams

Diversity training Guidance counselorsTo meet the needs of all learners

1,50023,000

In-service

Professional development offerings relevant to educational specialists

1,000 In-service

M i IEP & GIEP f Cl T k IEP PL 3 600 S i 2009Moving IEP & GIEP from Clear Trak to IEP PLus 3,600 Spring 2009

District training, professional conferences for staff and administrators working with gifted learners

2,500 Ongoing/imbedded work of principals and

supervisors

d f l d lProvide professional development to support implementation of new curricula

15,000

Support 7th & 8th grade implementation of new math program

3,200

Provide mentor training to all mentors working 3 000 Ongoing/imbeddedProvide mentor training to all mentors working with new teachers

3,000 Ongoing/imbedded work of principals

Items Savings ExplanationOperations 59,966

Attrition one custodial position – 2 day cleaner in the Administration Building

27,979 Vacancy not filled, central office staff will

maintain their areas

Attrition – Driveway monitor 9,473

Eliminate late busses at RHS/RMSBus A: 4:30 =12 Bus B: 4:30 = 9 Bus C: 4:30 = 8

5:30 = 3 5:30 = 4 5:30 = 2

17,514 Late Runs: Low Average daily ridership

Four Day Summer Work Week 5,000

Personnel 568,682

Eliminate Piano Accompanist Position 12,005

Reduce Instructional Para’s hours 89,819 (6.5 hours/bldg)Reduce Instructional Para s hours 89,819 (6.5 hours/bldg)

Reduce Special Education Para educators district wide

89,819 (6.5 hours/bldg)

Reduce paraprofessional training hours 11,000 Reduction in staff

Reduce Teacher Mentor supplemental 25,994 No new positions

Items Savings ExplanationPersonnel, cont’d

Teaching staff reduction (by attrition) 260,837 2 positions

Summer counseling hour reduction 4,909 Re-allocation

District office attrition 74 299 1 positionDistrict office attrition 74,299 1 position

Materials/Supplies/Contracts 139,282

Reduce ERB Testing 14,000 Eliminate CTP4Keep WritingKeep Writing Assessment

Eliminate STEM Contract 25,000 In-house training

Supply reduction 4,300 10% reduction Asst Super BudgetSuper Budget

Athletic Supply reduction 15,000 Across middle and high school

Nursing supply reduction 4,300 NOT including medical supplies pp

Items Savings ExplanationMaterials/Supplies/Contracts, cont’d

Postage reduction 17,562 Using e-minders and web-site

Paperless vouchers for checks 1,000

Advertising budget reduction 10,000 Contract with PA REAP, Monster.com and

Inquirer

Reduce district contribution rate RMS & Elementary environmental trips

14,120 Reduction in District contributionElementary environmental trips contribution

Reduce district-wide travel for conferences 30,000 All staff- attendance at professional conferences

Reduce Security Professional Services 4,000

BOTTOM LINE 1,480,485

“The Shiny Coins” “First Priorities”EASY

High Control

The Shiny Coins

Opportunities that used to be ignored in good times now look

or“Phantom Promises”?

Resist the urge to cut deep wherevery attractive;pick these up quickly

Resist the urge to cut deep where long-term strategic value could be

erodedLOW VALUE HIGH VALUE

“Distractions” “Strategic Impact”

T kl th hi h i t i b

Short Term Long Term

Low priorities: ignore until all other opportunities exhausted

Tackle these high-impact issues by breaking down into manageable

pieces

HARDLow Control

What we have overlooked in better economic ti th t i ld i ifi t itimes that yield significant savings:◦ Attrition one custodial position - Hire 2 day a week

custodian◦ Attrition – Driveway monitor ◦ Provide online collaborative workspace - Teachers

/students◦ Eliminate STEM Contract◦ Postage reduction◦ Advertising budget reductionAdvertising budget reduction◦ Reduce district-wide travel◦ TOTAL = $ 176,144

Personal Choice 15% increaseKeystone 18% increaseKeystone 18% increaseCaremark 20% increaseDelta Dental 20% increaseLif I 5 0% iLife Insurance 5.0% increaseDisability Insurance 5.0% increaseIBC Drug 5.0% increasegProperty Casualty 08 – 09 RatesSocial Security 7.65% no chgPSERS 7 13% no chgPSERS 7.13% no chgUnemployment Comp 0.15% no chgWorkers Comp 0.60% no chg

Personal Choice 11.11% increaseKeystone 18% increaseKeystone 18% increaseCaremark TBDDelta Dental TBDLif I 5 0% iLife Insurance 5.0% increaseDisability Insurance 5.0% increaseIBC Drug TBDgProperty Casualty TBDSocial Security 7.65% PSERS 4 76%PSERS 4.76% Unemployment Comp 0.15% no chgWorkers Comp TBD

State RevenueInterest Rates Federal RevenueCaremarkDelta DentalW k CWorkers CompIBC Drug Property Casualty Insurance RatesProperty Casualty Insurance Rates

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Radnor High School 110,500 15,000 10,000 170,000 0

Radnor Middle School 0 0 0 0 0

Wayne Elementary School 37,000 18,000 0 40,000 30,000

Radnor Elementary School 30,000 30,000 0 20,000 15,000

I h El S h l 69 000 246 000 200 000 200 000 0Ithan Elementary School 69,000 246,000 200,000 200,000 0

Administration Building 124,000 0 45,000 10,000 0

Trans Bldg/Bus Replacement 689 000 668 000 746 000 450 000 450 000Trans Bldg/Bus Replacement 689,000 668,000 746,000 450,000 450,000

GRAND TOTAL: $1,059,500 $977,000 $1,001,000 $890,000 $495,000