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8 <br /> 1 Setting Priorities <br /> 2 In addition to the preceding budget assumptions, the following items were also considered in <br /> 3 developing the budget: <br /> 4 ➢ Board of Education Priorities <br /> 5 ➢ District programs <br /> 6 ➢ District initiatives <br /> 7 ➢ District data <br /> 8 ➢ Recent reports on safety <br /> 9 ➢ Maintenance needs <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Expansion Budget Requests <br /> 12 (In Priority Order) <br /> 13 1. Preserve D.S.S. School Social Workers <br /> 14 2. Add 2 Secondary Literacy Specialists <br /> 15 3. Add District Math Specialist <br /> 16 4. Add Academic Support Specialist <br /> 17 5. Restore Maintenance Position <br /> 18 6. Address Salary Compression <br /> 19 7. Living wage adjustment <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Expansion Budget Requests (con't.) <br /> 22 8. Add Pre-K Program Specialist (1/3 salary) <br /> 23 9. Expanded Free Breakfast for all K-12 students <br /> 24 10. Provide Dental/Vision benefit for employees <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Fund From Fund Balance: <br /> 27 1. Allocate funds to address Safe Havens report <br /> 28 2. Increase funding to address deferred maintenance <br /> 29 <br /> 30 2014-2015 Local Appropriation Projection <br /> 31 Per-Pupil Allocation $3,269 <br /> 32 Projected Student Population (increase 197) 7,698 <br /> 33 Projected additional funds <br /> 34 with no increase: $ 643,993 <br /> 35 2013-14 Allocation: $25,060,154 <br /> 36 Predicted Local Appropriation: $25,704,147 <br /> 37 (If no increase to the per-pupil allocation) <br /> 38 <br /> 39 2014-2015 Local Funding Request <br /> 40 Current Expense Requested: $27,929,376 <br /> 41 Increase requested per pupil: $283 <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Gerri Martin gave an outline for the general public of the different governmental fund <br /> 44 types, as outlined on a flowchart included in the abstract. <br /> 45 She noted that the last 8 years have seen an increase in student enrollment. She said <br /> 46 the recent report on enrollment projections for next year shows an expected increase of 297 <br /> 47 students. She said the historical profile of Orange County Schools (OCS) shows not only 6 <br /> 48 years of increase in enrollment, but also an increase in childhood poverty, from 35 percent to 41 <br /> 49 percent in Orange County. She said in spite of this negative trend, the level of pupil/teacher <br /> 50 ratio has stayed the same. <br />