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Cost Reduction: Utility Savings $153,009 <br /> Grand Total of Reductions and Savings $469,923 <br /> Superintendent Pedersen said that he did provide the County Commissioners with <br /> information on Elementary School #11. He said that if they are to stay on the revised schedule <br /> to open in 2012, then they need to start this process now. He asked for direction from the <br /> Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 3. Oranqe County Schools-Presentation of FY 2010-11 Board of Education Approved <br /> Budqet <br /> Superintendent Patrick Rhodes thanked the Board of County Commissioners for funding <br /> them but now more than ever the OCS need the requested funding. He made a PowerPoint <br /> presentation. <br /> Orange County Board of Education <br /> Local Current Expense Budget <br /> 2010-2011 <br /> Looking Back... <br /> Local Appropriation Reductions $921,918 <br /> State Appropriation Reductions $4,775,501 <br /> Total Funding Reduction: $5,697,419 <br /> Impact of Local Funding Cuts <br /> District-level Positions $385,000 <br /> School-level Positions $209,000 <br /> Programmatic Reductions $461,000 <br /> (non-personnel) <br /> Miscellaneous District-level Funding $179,000 <br /> Total Reductions $1,234,000 <br /> Moving Forward <br /> - Safeguard Vital Classroom Expenditures <br /> - Maintain Class Sizes K-3 <br /> - Stabilize Instructional Funding Support <br /> - Continue Support of At-Risk Programs <br /> - Minimize Job Loss <br /> Budget Planning Framework <br /> - Focused on Efficiency <br /> - Developed on Actual Expenditures <br /> - Applied State Funding Flexibility <br /> - Transferred Local Expenses to State/Federal Sources <br /> - Froze Existing Vacancies — 9 Positions <br />