McKinley and Broadwater update: Weather has been excellent and projects are on schedule.
Redistricting update: Reviewed Cropper drafts again. Dividing maps into Heights and elsewhere. Prepping for Dec 16 public meeting. Grandfathering? Policy will be developed for the board operations committee to consider. Bus route information? Time estimates are still being determined.
Heights Middle School update: Update on cost estimates and based on 95% of completed construction documents. A&E -$1,000,000. Dick Anderson -$2.6 mil. Hulteng -$1.9 mil. Looking for cost savings of 2.6 million. Will not impact learning spaces. Found 1.3 in potential savings of 1.3 mil...ceiling tiles, reduced landscaping, cheaper flooring. Bidding will be in in January and they are hoping for competitive bids. Playground space for Bitterroot still in project.
West End Middle School Timeline: Delaying design from last Sept to January 2015. Working with city to make site walk-able and bike-able. Construction starts in Feb 2016. Decision needs to be made in Dec Board meeting on this new timeline.
Special Ed Program proposal: Heights: Alkali Creek - Primary Delta, Bitterroot - Primary and Intermediate Life Skills, Eagle Cliffs - Primary and Intermediate Independent Living, Bench - SPED Preschool. Changing capacities have been provided to Cropper. Worried that Bitterroot will not have enough space.
Five Year Financial Projection: For FY15-FY19. Leadership team meets 4 times a year to look at the budget. Departments constantly scrubbing budgets for savings. Moving 6th grade to middle school will save money. Revenue Assumptions: 2.08% FY15 and 2% years after. Expense assumptions: 3% increase a year for elementary. No textbook adoptions. Elementary Mill Levy Spring 2016 and Spring 2018 proposed. High school mill levies Spring 2017 and 2019. Salaries and benefits are 87% of the budget.
2015 Mill Levy: Too much going on in the School district to properly promote the levy. Voter Fatigue. Superintendent recommends not putting this on the ballot. Committee will recommend to board to NOT put a mill levy on the ballot next year.
New West End Middle School business: Asking board for permission to move forward on 2nd middle school.
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