[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The district's books are open to the public. I would suggest forwarding a
> request for information about the disbursement of referendum funds to David
> Jennings, chief operating officer. His email address is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I haven't asked Mr Jennings yet, but someone else sent me this in response
to my question of where the referendum funds were going. Perhaps someone with
more experience in accounting could explain it to us, I'm having trouble understanding
it. If it would help to see it in Excel let me know and I will send it to you.
One thing that I do understand is that some of the research found that you only
see effects from smaller classes when they are reduced from above 30 to below 20 (and
then
only for certain minority students). If true it would imply that any money spent here
on
grades 3-12 is wasted since the projected class sizes are 25. And I still don't
understand how the money has been spent or what the actual class sizes are.
How about a list of schools and classes with actual enrollments? I think that I could
understand that. Or even the actual average class size by grade and the ranges?
As far as I can see the numbers below are projections not actual figures.
Michael Atherton
Prospect Park
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In theory here is how class size works. Actual numbers do vary. We build in at the
elementary level ( and a bit at the middle school level) a number of class rooms for
flexibility -- not being able project precisely where every new student is going to
live and
the exact summer loss rate by school.
Projected Ref Clas # of Contract RequirTotal TeacheHigh SchAll Day K
GradeEnrollment Size Teachers .2 Pre per Tchr Per Grade at 95%
K* 3525 19 9 18.6 111.3 111 62.4
173.7
1 3579 19 188 37.7 226.0 226.0
226.0
2 3639 19 191 38.3 229.8 229.8
229.8
3 3707 25 148 29.7 117.9 177.9
177.9
4 3913 25 156 31.3 187.8 187.8
187.8
5 3958 25 158 31.7 190.0 190.0
190.0
6 3862 25 154 30.9 185.4 185.4
185.4
7 3568 25 142 28.5 171.3 171.3
171.3
8 3408 25 136 27.3 163.6 163.6
163.6
9** 3253 26 125 25.0 150.1 135.1
135.1
10** 3288 26 126 25.3 151.8 136.6
136.6
11** 3000 26 115 23.1 138.5 124.6
124.6
12** 2653 26 102 20.4 122.4 110.2
110.2
45353 1,838 367.7 2,206.0 2,149.7 62.4
2,212.1
The projected enrollment is just the kids in our schools not all the kids within the
district. (Does not include
kids in private alternative schools, charters, etc.)
* Kindergarten is staffed for at 1/2 for a.m and p.m. sessions with all day
kindergarten added at the end.
**High school grades are staffed at 95% with the assumption of drop-outs. If we
improve on our drop out rate we
will revise the staffing at the high schools. Also, the high schools are given the
staff for 26 to 1 at 95% but
schools provide a variety of program choices that have had the affect of larger class
sizes from some courses and
smaller class sizes for others. Supposedly, the average in the school is to be 26 to
1 but ��.
The referendum number of teachers was 593.7 ; the remainder were funded from the
District's general fund.
At the time of teacher allocations I do not split by referendum or general -- but a
simple ratio and formula could
give a good estimate.
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