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Natural Gas - $48,000 $81,000 <br /> Fuel $50,000 <br /> Inflationary Increases (Supplies & Materials) $63,443 <br /> TOTAL CONTINUATION OF CURRENT SERVICES $194,443 <br /> New Student Enrollment Costs <br /> Local Supplement for State-Paid.Teachers $23,177 <br /> Per Pupil allocations for new students $15,000 <br /> Charter Schools Growth $75,000 <br /> Cost for Increased Enrollment $113,177 <br /> New Initiatives Budget Requests <br /> AVID Support (High School) $25,000 <br /> Dropout Prevention/Reduction Initiative $25,000 <br /> Raising Achievement/Closing the Gap $25,000 <br /> AIG Program Enhancement $25,000 <br /> 1 AIG Teacher $66,184 <br /> 2 ESL Teachers $132,368 <br /> TOTAL EXPANSION BUDGET $298,552 <br /> Proposed Expenditure Increase <br /> 2007-2008 County Appropriation $21,939,739 <br /> County Appropriation Increase Requested $1,832,173 <br /> 2008-2009 Proposed Budget $23,771,912 <br /> Total Proposed County Appropriation 8.35% <br /> Increase <br /> Chair Jacobs asked if this was $260 more per pupil and Superintendent Rhodes said <br /> that it is $334 more per pupil. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that he appreciated the leanness of the budget. However, <br /> OCS has a lot of older schools and he questions whether this budget helps move the County <br /> towards renovating these schools. <br /> Superintendent Rhodes said that this budget is for operations, personnel, supplies, <br /> instruction programs, etc., and no capital requests are in the budget. <br /> Commissioner Nelson asked about the $1.8 million in the building and grounds and then <br /> the $2.8 million for athletics. Superintendent Rhodes said that the athletics are not driving the <br /> budget, but an auxiliary gym is needed at Cedar Ridge, the tennis courts are in need of repair, <br /> and the track at Orange High is in dilapidated shape. <br /> George McFarley said that the staff visited each site in the district and their buildings are <br /> older, but they approach the capital needs by asking the principals what actually needs to be <br /> done in the facilities. He said that the pay-as-you-go money this year will not get everything <br /> done and they will need to stagger out those projects that do not have the funding this year. <br /> The safety and health needs were identified. He said that the issue of the HVAC systems in the <br /> older buildings is the Achilles heel. <br /> Al Hartkopf said that their budget request does not address the capital needs and that a <br /> lot of the school board's requests have not been met over the years. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that his one concern is that the leanness of the budget does <br /> not address these capital issues. He commended the school board on its efficiency study. <br /> Superintendent Rhodes made reference to the Pre-K program and said that next year <br /> they will use federal funds to open three Pre-K classes, located at Central Elementary, <br />