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5 1 Adjusting for inflation average salary has decreased 15% over past ten years 2 CHCCS turnover = 14.6% 3 Note: Based on Bachelors Salary Schedule 4 5 Respect for Teachers? 6 -Elimination of masters pay 7 -25% receive $500 in exchange for relinquishing tenure 8 -Salary proposal left veteran teachers out 9 -Increased class sizes 10 -Reduction in support 11 -Declining Medical Benefits 12 13 Local Support for Teachers 14 -Local Supplement 15 -Public School Foundation 16 -Mentoring 17 -Teacher of Color Support Group 18 -Teacher Assistants 19 -Volunteers 20 21 Todd LoFrese said the district has had steady enrollment growth since well before 2008- 22 09 and continues to grow each year. He said this requires the addition of classrooms, 23 teachers and eventually new schools. 24 Referring to the Unassigned Fund Balance slide, Todd LoFrese said three years ago the 25 Board of Education developed a three year strategy and communicated to the Board of 26 Commissioners where things stood with respect to the fund balance. He said the fund balance 27 was being used to hold off teacher assistant and professional development reductions occurring 28 at the state level, called the discretionary reduction. He said better economic times have come, 29 but not for public education. He said the discretionary reductions were eliminated; however this 30 was done by making permanent funding formula changes. He said the district lost 40 teacher 31 positions that it would have otherwise been entitled to. He said, in essence, the state increased 32 class sizes and cut the equivalent of 25 teacher assistants to the district. He said these 33 positions were being held with fund balance, and in this year's budget those positions were 34 retained using $2.2 million in fund balance. 35 He noted the fund balance reductions outlined on the slide and said it is clear that there 36 will not be fund balance available for next year. He said this means difficult reductions will have 37 to be made, or additional revenues will be needed to balance the budget. 38 Todd LoFrese referred to the bar graph outlining mandated cost increases since 2007. 39 He said there have been significant cost increases each year, ranging from a high of over $2 40 million to a low of$343,000. He said since the great recession of 2009-10, state revenues have 41 been declining, and County officials have struggled to make up for those differences. He said 42 increases at the local level were relatively flat. He said tough choices have been made and 43 there have been reductions upward of$5 million in local budget expenses. He said enrollment 44 continues to grow, but revenues have not. 45 Todd LoFrese said the Culbreth Science Wing is taking shape, and it is a large space. 46 He said the additional square footage and cleaning needs will necessitate another custodian 47 position. 48 He said a program review is planned for the guidance department, and $50,000 has 49 been requested to complete this. He said this will show where the guidance department stands 50 in relation to national standards.