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Matched Perception |
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A number of the participants felt their perceptions matched what they heard in the presentation. |
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Didn't Match Perception |
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Surprises: funding of special education, unfunded or under-funded programs and teacher pensions. |
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Another surprise: The drop in per pupil spending compared with other schools |
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Surprise: How bad we were with financial watch a few years ago and how well we have bounced back. |
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Surprised at under-funded mandates |
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How revenue limitations permit budgeting of only $200,000 per year to address over $17 million in facilities needs. |
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How small our current debt principal is. |
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Well organized, well structured use of dollars. Thought the district was in worse financial shape than it was. |
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Surprised by the tuition/special education costs. |
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Surprised by lack of state funding. |
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Assumed that the District was in some sort of financial trouble. |
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Not in as bad shape as was rumored! But still living on the edge. |
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Not as much state and federal funding as I thought. |
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Special Education costs more than I thought. |
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Threshold for debt is better than I thought. Potential for a necessary referendum is very good. |
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Student per capita spending is low. |
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Surplus in school budget. |
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Recent downturn of economy - surprised at EAV rate (9% increase). |
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Student capital spending low in Lake County. |
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Changed Thinking |
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It’s eye opening to see a balanced budget, and to know that we’ll have $200,000 surplus, yet we still need $17 million to get our facilities where they need to be. |
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No extra dollars for facilities needing repairs - $200,000 for $17 million required. |
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Getting better, more transparent. |
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I am glad to see that as a school district we are holding our own. |
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The slide of expenditures per student – MHS is second from the bottom. Where do we want to be? |
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Current business manager has brought business savvy to the district. |
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Don’t have enough money to improve facilities and/or curriculum. $200,000 surplus doesn’t go very far. |
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It’s good to know we don’t have a lot of debt. May be able to fund more long range plans. |
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Confirmed belief that the business office is being run professionally and properly. |
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