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10 Central Office Reductions •$250,000 already reduced in budget request. Further reductions are being considered in the following areas: •Professional Development Services •Surveys •Discretionary Local Assessments •Teacher Recruitment •Signing Bonuses for Teachers in Hard to Fill Areas •Tuition Reimbursement for Teachers •Publications •Instructional and Management Software •Permanent Substitutes •IP Telephony •Contracted Services •Use of Substitutes Increases in Class Size •Allocate elementary teaching positions more rigidly •Adjust high school allotment formula (Increase of approximately 1 student per class saves 8 FTE across the three high schools) •No further middle school reductions are proposed at this time due to reduction of 8 FTE due to core teachers teaching five sections. •Note: These savings could be negated by reductions made at the state level Increases in Work Load of Staff •Elementary art and music allocations •Gifted Specialists reduced from 1.5 to 1 per school •Middle School core teachers teaching 5 periods •High school media center staffing •High School CIC allocation •High School Athletic Directors teaching 2 periods •High School Department Chair allocations •Elementary teacher assistants •Literacy coaches (reduce from 2 to 1 in some or all schools) Reductions in Instructional Services/Programs •Eliminate elementary world language in k or k-1 •Reduce Gifted Specialists from 1.5 to 1 per school •Reduce scope of summer school •Assign teacher assistants to Middle School ISS •Reduce Middle School after-school and/or transportation for this program •Reduce Service Learning/Project Graduation support •Middle College High School •Reduce funding for high school reforms •Reduce funding for high school academies •Reduce number of student assistance counselors •Reduce funding for middle and high school athletics •Eliminate dual language program in middle schools Salary Adjustments