Debate the issues facing Seattle Public Schools, share your opinions, read the latest news. Organize and work for high quality public schools that educate all students to become passionate, lifelong learners.
Disqus
Friday, March 23, 2012
School-Level Budgeting
A thread was requested on school-level budgeting that is occurring over the next couple of weeks.
8 comments:
Anonymous
said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Does anyone have a sense what schools are facing budget wise compared to last year? What percentage reduction in the previous years budget are schools trying to compensate for as they plan their 2012-2013 school year?
If you go to the Budget Dept on the SPS website and look at the Weighted Staffing Standards: 2012-13 versus 2011-2012 you can look at the year over year changes. At our school our prjected headcount changed by less than 10 students but funding went up (just a little). So budgets look pretty flat to me, but I only looked at my school.
Broadview-Thomson's population has decreased 125 students over the past two years from 750 to 625.
Does anyone know the rationale of why the school still needs a third administrator to help the administrators do their job vs. spending the additional funding on to support student learning/academics like other schools? NOTE: The principal just submitted the 2012-2013 budget to include the third administrator for the third year in a row. Staff were not given an option to vote on that did NOT include the third administrator.
No other K-8 school with 625 students appear to have a third administrator.
-thinking $$$ should help students/teachers NOT administrators
the reason for the third administrator at Broadview-Thomson is because the principal can't handle the job as other principals are required to do.....the funds being spent on a third administrator should be spent on direct support for student learning as the school is a failing school according to NCLB...
8 comments:
Does anyone have a sense what schools are facing budget wise compared to last year? What percentage reduction in the previous years budget are schools trying to compensate for as they plan their 2012-2013 school year?
Concerned Parent
If you go to the Budget Dept on the SPS website and look at the Weighted Staffing Standards: 2012-13 versus 2011-2012 you can look at the year over year changes. At our school our prjected headcount changed by less than 10 students but funding went up (just a little). So budgets look pretty flat to me, but I only looked at my school.
-yumpears
Interesting. The first year I've seen # of SpEd classroom on building budget allocation tables.
Here are the Proposed 12-13 Budgets.
Broadview-Thomson's population has decreased 125 students over the past two years from 750 to 625.
Does anyone know the rationale of why the school still needs a third administrator to help the administrators do their job vs. spending the additional funding on to support student learning/academics like other schools?
NOTE: The principal just submitted the 2012-2013 budget to include the third administrator for the third year in a row. Staff were not given an option to vote on that did NOT include the third administrator.
No other K-8 school with 625 students appear to have a third administrator.
-thinking $$$ should help students/teachers NOT administrators
to just wondering.....
the reason for the third administrator at Broadview-Thomson is because the principal can't handle the job as other principals are required to do.....the funds being spent on a third administrator should be spent on direct support for student learning as the school is a failing school according to NCLB...
Bam Bam
then why is no one holding the principal accountable?
-thinking $$$ should help students/teachers NOT administrators
Post a Comment