School Board Report 20090526
From The Lovejoy Way
This is the UNOFFICIAL report of the LISD School Board Meeting for April 26, 2009.
Opening Pledge
Presented new board members with their certificates New Board Members took the oath
Election of Board Officers Westbrook nominated Rich Hickman for President Ann Casey Seconded Rich Hickman closed nominations Voted unanimously
Rich Hickman called for nominations for Vice President Mike Gilbeau nominated Ann Casey MacDonald seconded Voted unanimously
Rich Hickman called for nominations for Secretary MacDonald nominated Lisa Elrich Westbrook seconded voted unanimously
Approval of Minutes Approval of Special Meeting Approval of Written proposal/Engagement Letter for Audit for 08-09 (no explanation of this) No Discussion Hickman called for motion to approve Julie James first MacDonald second Voting Unanimous
New Hires No Resignations
Student Recognitions
Learning@Lovejoy (L@L)
1,000 outside units last year
1/4 paid this year
Profitable in 5 years
Update Legal Policy
Voting Unanimous
Contents |
Superintendent Report
CASE Committee
(Refer to CASE_Meeting_04/29/09)
Slide:
Identified Enhancements Rank ordered List of Cuts School Finance Mechanism
Froze Support Positions
Froze all Operating Budgets (Except HS Adding Staff)
3% raise to all teachers
Moore: "We [LISD] are the only ones in the Dallas area that gave a raise to teachers. This was very helpful in our recruiting."
Early Goal: Develop understanding in the community
LISD Has a lot of enhancements Annual price of $3M
Our patrons pay a lot in school tax
Return - enhancements
Rank Order, We Asked "What would you cut first?"
School Finance Change:
Lovejoy no longer pays recapture Does not bring in more money Local money stays here State sends less
Slide:
CSHB 3646/HB3646 - $100-$135 per WADA - Mid Size adjustment - EWL to $480,000
Limited Open enrollment
Slide:
Districts may accept out-of-district transfer students with tuition State of Texas sets tuition level, currently set at $8000 to transfer into LISD Transfer students generat the same revenue ~$7,000 as in-district students 100 Tuition students could ...
Mike Guilbea - how do we balance the budget when we open the second middle school?
Possiblity: Limited Open Enrollment
Transfer students would bring in $15,000 per student per year
$7,000 income as student plus $8,000 parent-paid tuition 100 Students would bring $1.3M Cost of staff about $200,000
Political Implications
PTA Presidents said they would rather raise taxes $0.10 "My son might no longer be best QB"
Would be viable only while LISD has excess capacity
HS Building will be taken up to 1500 students, turn dirt this summer
Mr Moore prefers plan that allows a transfer student to graduation from LJ as long as they continue to pay tuition
If the board did consider this there would be strong feelings from the community on both sides
Closing
Budget Workshop 9th of June
Lots of static here, could not hear Rich Hickmans comments, lost video
