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10 <br />Less: 132.112 — inflation increase <br />2 $1,961,582 -from tax increase <br />3 $1,961,5821$808,738 = $.0243 increase <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />■ Use per pupil appropriation to complete funding: <br />$61,193,360 - $18,423,052 — 3,106,212 = $39,664,096 <br />(total budget) (district tax) (other revenues) <br />$39,664,096111,728 = $3,382 per pupil rate <br />$3,382 - $3,069 = $313 increase <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to Pre-K and First School and said that this <br />needs to be taken into account for the operating and capital budget and how this will affect <br />SAPFO enrollments. She said that it would seem that if a room were used for pre -K it could not <br />be used for anything above pre -K. <br />Assistant Superintendent Steve Scroggs said that when there are Pre -K classes in a <br />building, and then a classroom is pushed into a mobile, the mobile does not count as capacity. <br />The school system has never asked for an increase in the school building's capacity based on <br />pre -K. In the past, when an elementary school starts to get overcrowded, pre -K classes have <br />been moved to another school that is less crowded. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked if pre -K classes always go to a mobile and Steve Scroggs <br />said no. <br />Superintendent Pedersen said that in the newer schools, they also build a Pre -K <br />classroom. <br />Lisa Stuckey made reference to Pre -K's and said that later, the school board will be <br />asking for suggestions that the collaboration group should take on. One of the suggestions of <br />the collaboration group is to talk about the relationship between Pre -K's, SAPFO, and the <br />districts. <br />b. Orange County Schools Presentation <br />OCS Chair Ted Triebel said that the Superintendent will present a different budget <br />tonight — one that recognizes and accepts the fiscal realities of the day. It is a very lean budget. <br />He said that the school board has high expectations and confidence that the Board of County <br />Commissioners will provide the students of rural Orange County with the resources they <br />deserve to meet their needs. He said that this new fiscal approach - this minimal budget - <br />comes with high expectations and confidence that the County Commissioners will favorably <br />respond to the citizens of the district and look at this responsible budget that provides the <br />necessary opportunities of the community's youth. <br />Superintendent Patrick Rhodes said that he asked each of the schools to come up with a <br />comprehensive needs assessment, and these were submitted. Once these assessments were <br />collected, senior staff went to each school and met with principals and reviewed the requests. <br />Commissioner Foushee arrived at 8:19 pm. <br />Superintendent Rhodes made the PowerPoint presentation. <br />