2009-2010 Proposed School Budget

RTSD Board of School Directors

Investing in Excellence

Radnor Township School District

February 24, 2009

2009-2010 School Budget Development Timeline

2009-2010 Stakeholder GroupBudget Development Meetings

Feb. 23 PTO Budget Session

Feb. 23 Principal Budget Session

Jan 7 Association Stakeholders Budget Session Jan. 22 Association Stakeholders Budget Session Feb. 19 Association Stakeholder Budget Session

Ongoing Site-Based Principal SessionsOngoing Faculty Budget Sessions

Feb. 26 Strategic Plan Core Team

2009-2010 Stakeholder GroupFormat – Google Docs

2009-2010 Stakeholder GroupFormat

Implication – Stakeholders consider specific potential budget cuts and their implications, both immediate and long-term

Strategy – Stakeholders design and discuss potential processes and procedures to ensure that any budget cut has a negligible or minimal student impact

Category – Identify recommended cut as a “Shiny Coin,” “Distraction,” “First Priority” or “Long-Term Strategy” to best define effect on district

2009-2010 School BudgetCommunication Plan

At each school board meeting, a budget update will be presented to ensure that residents are fully informed of our progress to date.

The superintendent and business administrator will conduct ongoing communication with stakeholder groups, including staff, faculty, union representatives, parents and taxpayers.

2009-2010 School BudgetCommunication Plan

On district Web site, business office, school board and “Hot Topics” pages contain latest budget information as well as budget resources.

The district will post special meeting or important information notices on our “announcements” space on the home page.

An e-mail link has been established on these pages to provide an avenue for community residents to pose questions and comments, and to receive responses.

2009-2010 School BudgetCommunication Plan

The superintendent and business administrator will conduct ongoing one-on-one dialogue with building principals, both to ensure district-wide buy-in and to garner individual building input.

Updated budget information will be posted to the district’s Web site throughout the budget development process.

A town hall meeting will occur in March or April to inform the residents of the budget and RTSD achievements, and also to field questions and have a dialogue with stakeholders.

2009-2010 School Budget Budget Bites

The district is tracking the cost-cutting measures already carried out or being put into place this year as a “best practices” list to follow.

This list, called Budget Bites, helps spur all stakeholders to participate in saving the district money and highlights areas of savings.

Budget Bites will be posted online and be available at upcoming board meetings.

2009-2010 School Budget Budget Bites

Gradebook SoftwareThrough the efforts of the technology department and the district E-Team, our district is moving toward consolidation of programs used to run our schools and programs. One program we are eliminating is the GradeQuick grade book software, replacing it with Teacher Access Center, a component of our new student information system eSchoolPlus at no additional cost. The new system will save our district $4,000.

Geothermal SystemsThree of our five schools now boast geothermal wells, which regulate our heating and cooling systems. This obviates the need for fossil-fuel boiler systems, eliminates the risks associated with on-site oil tanks and also eliminates the problems associated with exhaust from conventional heating systems. Savings using geothermal heating and air conditioning are 15-30 percent over the cost of conventional systems. In Radnor, this could amount to $70,000 to

$150,000 per year, depending on demand.

RTSD 2009-2010 Proposed School Budget

RTSD Board of School Directors

Investing in Excellence

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