WAPO article about sever FFX school budget cuts
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Absolutely. +100 |
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+1000000 |
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They are on the list, too, at the very top. Didn't you look to see? http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9CMENL3B3C54/$file/Menu%20of%20Discussion%20Considerations%20for%20FY%202015%20Attachment%205.pdf |
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Longfellow doesn't offer full language courses to 7th graders. They offer "part 1" courses that must be taken in conjunction with part 2 in 8th grade. They just spread it out over 2 years. |
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Until FCPS lets us see a more complete budget, we really don't know the costs of almost anything. |
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| Are they planning cuts at Gatehouse? |
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As much as I hate to say it, this is a good point. And there may be people worse off in other countries than those who come here illegally. Some may come because of lack of jobs and educational opportunities in their own countries, but there may be others suffering more -- from starvation, torture, or other atrocities -- who just can't get here from their countries. We should be able to prioritize who to help, if we are going to expend the funds. If we stop providing the jobs and the education, that will reduce the incentive to come here. I do believe that laws should be followed and that we should be back in control of how to allocate our funds, including funds to help those in dire need in other nations. |
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+1 |
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[url] http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Ffs%2Fbudget%2Fdocuments%2Fapproved%2FFY13%2FFY2013ProgramBudget.pdf&ei=fH1lUo7tFcS82wXTioHACg&usg=AFQjCNElhOsrlac-Dub_TMZn-vlPOZSQTA&bvm=bv.54934254,d.b2I&cad=rja[/url] The FY 2013 total budget for the Advanced Academic Resource Program is $9.6 million and includes 69.5 positions. *School-based expenditures total $8.8 million. *Contracted salaries for 62.5 resource *teacher positions total $4.9 million *hourly salaries for teacher participation in screening and selection of advanced academic students, attendance at orientation, and substitute teachers total $0.3 million. *Employee benefits of $2.2 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefit expenditures. *Operating expenses total $1.3 million, which is allocated to schools on a per-pupil basis for textbooks and supplies. *The school-based total represents the incremental cost which applies at the elementary level and at the three middle schools that have a sixth grade. Costs and positions for the elementary and middle school center programs and the middle school honors program are included in the elementary and middle school core programs because the students are being served by positions allocated from the standard staffing formulas. *The Advanced Academic Resource Program also includes nonschool-based funding totaling $0.8 million and 7.0 positions. -Contracted salaries for the 7.0 positions total $0.6 million. Hourly salaries total $648. -Employee benefits of $0.3 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefits expenditures. ESOL cost a lot more but I see it as a more essential program however the cost is out of control and should be scaled back. ESOL Explanation of Costs (from same link above) The FY 2013 total budget for ESOL is $83.9 million and includes a total of 877.1 positions. School-based funding totaling $81.9 million, or 97.6 percent of total program expenditures, includes $56.4 million for contracted salaries for 862.1 school-based teacher positions. Hourly and substitute teacher funding of $0.6 million provides for clerical support, and funds curriculum development and periodic review of student assessment folders to certify compliance with federal mandates. Employee benefits of $24.7 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefit expenditures. Operating expenses totaling $0.2 million include school-based instructional supplies, textbooks, tests, printing, and staff development. Nonschool-based funding of $2.0 million provides funding to administer oversight of the ESOL program and provides instructional support to all schools. Contracted salaries total $1.4 million for 15.0 nonschool-based positions. Employee benefits of $0.6 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefit expenditures. Offsetting revenue of $13.2 million for this program is provided through state and federal funding, resulting in a net cost to the School Operating Fund of $70.7 million. This program is also supported by $3.0 million in Title III federal grants funding. |
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How much? Like in the ball park of $48 million spent on ESOL?
[url] http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Ffs%2Fbudget%2Fdocuments%2Fapproved%2FFY13%2FFY2013ProgramBudget.pdf&ei=fH1lUo7tFcS82wXTioHACg&usg=AFQjCNElhOsrlac-Dub_TMZn-vlPOZSQTA&bvm=bv.54934254,d.b2I&cad=rja[/url] The FY 2013 total budget for the Advanced Academic Resource Program is $9.6 million and includes 69.5 positions. *School-based expenditures total $8.8 million. *Contracted salaries for 62.5 resource *teacher positions total $4.9 million *hourly salaries for teacher participation in screening and selection of advanced academic students, attendance at orientation, and substitute teachers total $0.3 million. *Employee benefits of $2.2 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefit expenditures. *Operating expenses total $1.3 million, which is allocated to schools on a per-pupil basis for textbooks and supplies. *The school-based total represents the incremental cost which applies at the elementary level and at the three middle schools that have a sixth grade. Costs and positions for the elementary and middle school center programs and the middle school honors program are included in the elementary and middle school core programs because the students are being served by positions allocated from the standard staffing formulas. *The Advanced Academic Resource Program also includes nonschool-based funding totaling $0.8 million and 7.0 positions. -Contracted salaries for the 7.0 positions total $0.6 million. Hourly salaries total $648. -Employee benefits of $0.3 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefits expenditures. ESOL cost a lot more but I see it as a more essential program however the cost is out of control and should be scaled back. ESOL Explanation of Costs (from same link above) The FY 2013 total budget for ESOL is $83.9 million and includes a total of 877.1 positions. School-based funding totaling $81.9 million, or 97.6 percent of total program expenditures, includes $56.4 million for contracted salaries for 862.1 school-based teacher positions. Hourly and substitute teacher funding of $0.6 million provides for clerical support, and funds curriculum development and periodic review of student assessment folders to certify compliance with federal mandates. Employee benefits of $24.7 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefit expenditures. Operating expenses totaling $0.2 million include school-based instructional supplies, textbooks, tests, printing, and staff development. Nonschool-based funding of $2.0 million provides funding to administer oversight of the ESOL program and provides instructional support to all schools. Contracted salaries total $1.4 million for 15.0 nonschool-based positions. Employee benefits of $0.6 million include retirement, health, dental, disability, and other employee benefit expenditures. Offsetting revenue of $13.2 million for this program is provided through state and federal funding, resulting in a net cost to the School Operating Fund of $70.7 million. This program is also supported by $3.0 million in Title III federal grants funding. They also lump a lot of programs together instead of breaking them down - just to keep us in the dark I guess. |
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| My guess is that most of this ESOL instruction goes to the very poor students who are likely undocumented. Fairfax county is also spending money to house these people and feed them. What is the answer? |
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AAP not a huge as ESOL but nevertheless a AAP is a $10 million program with a lot of non- essential spending that could and IMO should be cut.
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When you are setting a budget, you should start with the "must haves" the necessities--not the luxuries.
Food before cable. |
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Page 5 of the "Citizen's Guide to Understanding the Budget" Non-school based Position Positions % of total operating positions Leadership team and Mgmt 164 0.7% Specialists--Professional 374.5 1.6% Specialists--Technical 218.7 0.9% Technician/Paraprofessional 197.6 0.8% Office Asst Personnel 224.1 0.9% Trades Personnel 418 1.8% Total 1652.9 6.9% 93.1% or 22,178.2 positions are school-based. PP, please share which non-school based positions you would cut and how much that would save. |