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What is a mill?
A mill is a fraction (1/1000th) of the community’s total property value. In terms of dollars, one mill represents $30.62 in annual residential school property taxes for every $100,000 of home valuation, as determined by the County Auditor.
How are school districts funded?
Funding for Ohio’s 614 public school districts generally comes from a combination of local property taxes and state level taxes. The majority of all districts' operating budgets are comprised of different combinations of these two sources. .
How does the reduction of bus stops help save us money?
• Elimination of bus stops, the number of required times to stop, the delay of picking up at each stop, allows us to make more efficient use of our personnel in our transportation department. Less stops = less time on the route, which in turn leads to less personnel. After routing this year, we were able to determine we needed 19 less bus drivers than the previous school year.
• Basis for this decision = less stops, reduction of high school busing, less mileage, less fuel. The "savings estimate" is based on the information from our previous Ohio Department of Education Pupil Transportation Cost Analysis report (2009-2010).
-19 X $51,166.68 (Cost per bus, including driver) = $972,166.92
-$972,166.92 x .80 (state recommends multiplying by 80% for cost savings analysis due to loss of reimbursement money) = $777,733.54
-Estimate provided to the board to be conservative = $750,000.
The initial number provided to the board in March of 2011 was approximately $423,000 in savings. This number was only based on the elimination of 10 drivers. The Transportation Director and his staff did a great job of "tightening the belt" and making our transportation work with less drivers. Again, we always err on the side of being conservative.
According to Chad Lewis, Assistant Superintendent for Business, we will have better information on the actual cost savings at the end of the school year. He believes that it will be very close to the estimate I provided, and projects our actual cost savings will likely be higher.
• Basis for this decision = less stops, reduction of high school busing, less mileage, less fuel. The "savings estimate" is based on the information from our previous Ohio Department of Education Pupil Transportation Cost Analysis report (2009-2010).
-19 X $51,166.68 (Cost per bus, including driver) = $972,166.92
-$972,166.92 x .80 (state recommends multiplying by 80% for cost savings analysis due to loss of reimbursement money) = $777,733.54
-Estimate provided to the board to be conservative = $750,000.
The initial number provided to the board in March of 2011 was approximately $423,000 in savings. This number was only based on the elimination of 10 drivers. The Transportation Director and his staff did a great job of "tightening the belt" and making our transportation work with less drivers. Again, we always err on the side of being conservative.
According to Chad Lewis, Assistant Superintendent for Business, we will have better information on the actual cost savings at the end of the school year. He believes that it will be very close to the estimate I provided, and projects our actual cost savings will likely be higher.
Anticipated Cuts... Should the Levy Fail
10/6/11 UPDATE: PROPOSED CUTS RECOMMENDED
IF THE NOV. 8 LEVY FAILS
Superintendent Paul Otten recommended to the Fairfield Board of Education on October 6 more than $7 million in cuts if the November 8 levy fails. Click here for more information...
They must cut over 9 million dollars if the levy fails.
The board of education has not released any of the official cuts at this time. However, we can definitely expect them to make cuts on big ticket items like busing, extracurriculars, cutting at least 100 teachers from the district which could likely result in returning to six bells. Class sizes can also reach the state maximum of 36 students in elementary classrooms alone.
Even after making these cuts, they will only be half way there to addressing the anticipated 9 million dollars in cuts. The levy will merely maintain what is currently in place.
The district will need to make additional cuts to meet the anticipated 9 million dollar deficit. It is safe to say the the district as we know it, will look very different than what we see today. Failing the levy is not an option for those of us who desire a quality education for our children.
Even after making these cuts, they will only be half way there to addressing the anticipated 9 million dollars in cuts. The levy will merely maintain what is currently in place.
The district will need to make additional cuts to meet the anticipated 9 million dollar deficit. It is safe to say the the district as we know it, will look very different than what we see today. Failing the levy is not an option for those of us who desire a quality education for our children.
If the levy does not pass, will there be busing?
State minimum busing would eliminate transportation for any student living within a two mile radius of their school.
Students within two miles of their school, will no longer be able to ride the bus each day. They will need to find an alternative form of transportation to and from the building. Enter your address below to see if you will be impacted by these possible cuts.
Disclaimer: these distances are approximate and not final.
Students within two miles of their school, will no longer be able to ride the bus each day. They will need to find an alternative form of transportation to and from the building. Enter your address below to see if you will be impacted by these possible cuts.
Disclaimer: these distances are approximate and not final.