Agenda 04-23-2019 Attachment C - Orange County Schools Board of Education FY2019-20 Operating Budget Request and CIP

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OCS Board Local1 Request OCS 2017-2019 Budget Reductions support school administrators with instructional leadership through walkthroughs, creation of look-for tools, and by providing feedback to teachers. ❑ $137,000 to support the salary and benefits of 2 additional guidance counselors o The two largest elementary schools in the district, New Hope Elementary and Cameron Park Elementary, currently support over 600 students with one guidance counselor each. Nationally, it is recommended that one guidance counselor serve every 251 students. Furthermore, the North Carolina average is one counselor for every 378 students. The acuity of need currently presented in schools leave counselors having to triage service based on severity, leaving many students unserved unfortunately. ❑ $57,000 to support the salary and benefits of a custodial manager/supervisor o In an effort to provide managerial support and professional development to custodial staff, the Board desires to add this position to enable other district leaders the ability to focus on those large Bond Projects occurring throughout the district. ❑ $81,000 to implement signing bonuses and tuition assistance o In support of the recently adopted Equity Policy as well as the Equity initiative included in this budget ask, this initiative includes a grow-our-own component that is aimed at growing classified staff into teaching positions through a one-year alternative teacher preparation program that results in teacher certification. The second component will include a$2,000 signing bonus to each newly recruited special education teacher who signs an early contract prior to June 15. The above expansion requests total $1.2 million. Based on the current per pupil funding of $4,165/pupil, Orange County Schools will require an additional$150/pupil to support the requested expansion items. In summary, the Orange County Schools approved FY 2020 local budget presented for funding consideration totals $36.1 million. In order to continue operating at current levels, the district requires an additional $850 thousand with an additional$1.2 million to fund expansion items supporting district initiatives directly aligned with the Strategic Plan. This equates to a per pupil need of$4,438 for the 2019/2020 school year.