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1 <br />2 <br />3 <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 />13 <br />Natural Gas - $48,000 <br />Fuel <br />Inflationary Increases (Supplies & Materials) <br />TOTAL CONTINUATION OF CURRENT SERVICES <br />New Student Enrollment Costs <br />$81,000 <br />$50,000 <br />$63,443 <br />$194,443 <br />Local Supplement for State -Paid Teachers <br />$23,177 <br />Per Pupil allocations for new students <br />$15,000 <br />Charter Schools Growth <br />$75,000 <br />Cost for Increased Enrollment <br />$113,177 <br />New Initiatives Budget Requests <br />AVID Support (High School <br />$25,000 <br />Dropout Prevention /Reduction Initiative <br />$25,000 <br />Raising Achievement/Closing the Gap <br />$25,000 <br />AIG Program Enhancement <br />$25,000 <br />1 AIG Teacher <br />$66,184 <br />2 ESL Teachers <br />$132,368 <br />TOTAL EXPANSION BUDGET <br />$298,552 <br />Proposed Expenditure Increase <br />2007 -2008 County Appropriation <br />$21,939,739 <br />County Appropriation Increase Requested <br />$1,832,173 <br />2008 -2009 Proposed Budget <br />$23,771,912 <br />Total Proposed County Appropriation <br />Increase <br />8.35% <br />Chair Jacobs asked if this was $260 more per pupil and Superintendent Rhodes said <br />that it is $334 more per pupil. <br />Commissioner Nelson said that he appreciated the leanness of the budget. However, <br />OCS has a lot of older schools and he questions whether this budget helps move the County <br />towards renovating these schools. <br />Superintendent Rhodes said that this budget is for operations, personnel, supplies, <br />instruction programs, etc., and no capital requests are in the budget. <br />Commissioner Nelson asked about the $1.8 million in the building and grounds and then <br />the $2.8 million for athletics. Superintendent Rhodes said that the athletics are not driving the <br />budget, but an auxiliary gym is needed at Cedar Ridge, the tennis courts are in need of repair, <br />and the track at Orange High is in dilapidated shape. <br />George McFadey said that the staff visited each site in the district and their buildings are <br />older, but they approach the capital needs by asking the principals what actually needs to be <br />done in the facilities. He said that the pay -as- you -go money this year will not get everything <br />done and they will need to stagger out those projects that do not have the funding this year. <br />The safety and health needs were identified. He said that the issue of the HVAC systems in the <br />older buildings is the Achilles heel. <br />AI Hartkopf said that their budget request does not address the capital needs and that a <br />lot of the school board's requests have not been met over the years. <br />Commissioner Nelson said that his one concern is that the leanness of the budget does <br />not address these capital issues. He commended the school board on its efficiency study. <br />Superintendent Rhodes made reference to the Pre -K program and said that next year <br />they will use federal funds to open three Pre-K classes, located at Central Elementary, <br />