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Spotsylvania School Board members say staff furloughs are under consideration but it has a plan to keep middle school sports Date published: 1/30/2010
By PAMELA GOULD Freshman and middle school sports in Spotsylvania County have been rescued from the fiscal 2011 chopping block but whether staff will be furloughed is yet to be determined. Yesterday during a budget work session, School Board members learned that the school division would save $603,453 in salaries for each day the entire staff was furloughed and schools were closed. Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Edlow Barker recommended that if unpaid leave days are implemented that they take place the last week of school. The board held its second all-day session on the budget yesterday. Another is scheduled for Thursday. The board is scheduled to adopt its fiscal 2011 budget on Feb. 15. The board is currently working to craft a budget $14.7 million less than this year. The board expressed support for implementing a pay-for-play program in the middle schools to cover the cost of their sports program. The required payment would probably exceed $100 per athlete per sport to cover the expense of the program, which school officials say is $194,078 for a year. The fee also would need to be enough to cover an estimated 30 percent of students who are economically disadvantaged and would not be expected to pay the fee. Since the board has been discussing the possibility of pay-for-play, the plan has always been to allow youths who qualify for free- or reduced-price meals to receive scholarships to enable them to participate. Freshman sports would also be saved as a pay-to-play program. In addition, high schools will start charging a fee to all athletes to cover the cost of transportation. The amount of the fees has not been determined. Earlier this week, board member Ray Lora expressed his disdain for the proposal to cut middle school sports. At a town hall meeting at Courtland Elementary Wednesday, he called the proposal "a Trojan horse" meant to distract from other issues in Superintendent Jerry Hill's budget proposal. Lora and board member Amanda Blalock have said repeatedly that they would not support eliminating middle school sports.
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Do you want to end all of this thrashing around? Do you want to avoid paycuts, furloughs, loss of sports, elimination of programs and positions, and lots of angst? Lean on your BOS rep to raise taxes a few pennies. Why is all of the pain being dumped on the back of our public servants? If everyone chipped in, we would make it through this mess with our academic programs, sports, and police force intact.
Supervisor of Foreign Lang - now that 17 teachers have been riffed; is she needed? Supervisor of Technology - no one knows what she does except promote her pet issues;
None of these supervisors ever visit classrooms! Conferences, workshops, and seminars!!
Career & Tech - 3 administrators??
Supervisor of Licensing -fulltime job???
Supervisor of PR - ??? + 3 support staff members ???
I'm just saying . . . .
Asst Supt for Affirmative Action ???
I'm just saying . . .
*Supervisor of HR - primary job is to set up tables at recruitment fairs; not too many of them needed right now
*Supervisor of PE - primary job is to send out a "Health Reminder" every Wednesday; she hasn't been seen in a gym in years;
*Supervisor of Libraries - hasn't technology replaced libraries? Couldn't she man a library and do state reports?
*Supervisor of Mathematics - Really a Trojan Horse for Asst Supt; (watch your back);
*Supervisor of Program of Evaluation - hasn't been seen in schools
health insurance coming out of operating. operating less debt services is used to calculate per pupil spending--does this budget have that 2.4 for retired personnel who no longer contribute toward the education of students being counted as part of the per child? and where exactly in the budget are the 2010 ROP expenditures? all i see is the 749K savings--is spotsy not paying out 20% of last salary for the personnel who retired in 09 in the 10 budget?
budget.. Begin by forcing Hill to cost out good alternatives already on table. That's what a business would do.and make no mistake.SCS is in the business of educating..Goal would be to give max dollars to classroom not overhead. Look at. shorter school year, move up retirements, reduce and reorganize hqs staff, eliminate needless benefits -- i.e.Hill car for miletage, end the fat in Chartwell's costs. Pres Truman said "the buck stops here".SB for once stand up to Hill.Be on the side of students and citizens
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