===PAGE 1=== FY20 BUDGET UPDATE Recommended Reductions As of March 6, 2019 ===PAGE 2=== Adjustments for health insurance (a reduction of 2.5%) and transportation costs (an increase of 3.4%) FY19 School Department Budget $20,190,110 Town Manager’s guideline FY20 budget 2.5% increase $504,753 Grand Total $20,694,863 FY20 Proposed Superintendent's Budget (with adjusted line items) 4.2% increase $838,871 Grand Total $21,028,981 Projected gap from Town Manager’s Budget -$334,118 ===PAGE 3=== • Provide a quality free public education • Preserve student access to a well-rounded educational program • Allocate resources to meet students needs • Lower class size • Inflict the least negative impact on students • Allocate resources in alignment with the District Strategic Plan goals and School Committee goal to allocate resources for the greatest impact on teaching and learning Priorities in Determining Cuts ===PAGE 4=== Districtwide • Level fund supply accounts • Reduction of hours for paraprofessional positions • Reduction of stipends- including department heads, building leadership team, and advisors Recommended Reductions ===PAGE 5=== Recommended Reductions Lunenburg Primary School 0.5 FTE Librarian: There will be no Library Special at the Primary School. This will reduce prep periods for LPS teachers from 6 to 5 periods. Teachers will be asked to bring students to the library as part of their regular class. We will seek parent volunteers to help with library maintenance and support for classroom visits. Turkey Hill Elementary School Part-Time Secretary: The secretary position is currently unfilled. A slight increase to the secretarial overtime account will assist with the school office duties. ===PAGE 6=== Recommended Reductions Lunenburg Middle School Teacher, THES Bubble to Middle School: A grade 7 teacher will be switched to grade 6 to accommodate the larger class size (138). This will make six grade 6 teachers. The past several years we have had 6- 10 new sixth graders register over the summer . Grade 7 will function with 5 full-time teachers. Student enrollment is currently 131, making class sizes approximately 26 per class (1 with 27). Teacher, Foreign Language Teacher: This would be an elimination of a program we have developed over the past two years in which students are exposed to three languages and different cultures in order to make a more informed decision on which foreign language they want to take in grade 8. This cut comes at a true reduction of services for students. LMS will run 6th and 7th grade specials and enrichment with one less offering, making enrichment class sizes larger. ===PAGE 7=== Recommended Reductions Lunenburg High School • Proposed Athletic Trainer: The district will not have an athletic trainer on staff. The district will attempt to contract available athletic trainers in the local area at a per diem rate when possible. The department will continue to provide the safest environment within the means available to the student-athletes. The position is going to be a requirement by the state for all athletic departments at some point in the near future. This position is vital to help provide an even safer environment for the students who participate in athletics. • Foreign Language Teacher: Based on an enrollment analysis, we will be phasing out French as a program offering at LHS. Students will have two, not three, options for language choices. AP foreign language courses would be available through Virtual High School. LHS has 25 VHS seats. Students taking AP foreign languages would be given priority for VHS seats. We will see a slight increase in class size in Spanish and Latin classes and in advisory classes due to the loss of one FTE. • Paraprofessional, Study Hall: This will impact the LHS Advisory program. We will not be able to mandate the Thursday 24-minute activity which is the heart of the advisory program. Staff will simply be supervising students in study halls. This impacts teacher planning and making connections with students. • Greenhouse Manager: There would no longer be small group activities in the greenhouse. Other staff and students would assume the responsibility for watering the plants.