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Budget Presentation Fiscal Year 2019 City Council March 26, 2018

Budget Development • City of Waynesboro Comprehensive Plan • Waynesboro Public Schools Strategic Plan • Virginia Department of Education Standards of Accreditation • General Assembly and Governor (State Budget)

City of Waynesboro Comprehensive Plan “Waynesboro will put the future of our children at the top of our agenda.“ “Waynesboro will not accept a lack of success in our schools.” “The Significance of Addressing the Educational Challenge: These two challenges - bringing school facilities up to date and improving performance outcomes - are priorities. Both require time and resources, though the impacts from positive action will differ.”

Waynesboro Public Schools Strategic Plan Instruction Student Technology Services Student Achievement Staff Capital Development Improvements Budget

Virginia Standards of Accreditation Profile of a Virginia Graduate Achieve and apply appropriate Attain and demonstrate productive academic and technical knowledge workplace skills, qualities, and behaviors Align knowledge, skills, and Build connections and value for personal interests with career interactions with diverse opportunities communities

General Assembly and Governor • General Assembly has not adopted a state budget. • The school board’s balanced budget uses the Governor’s Introduced Budget for state revenue projections. • None of the three state budgets – Governor’s, Senate, or House of Delegates - provides any funding for teacher raises for FY 2019. • State funding is based on student enrollment and Waynesboro is experiencing enrollment loss.

Average Daily Membership March 31 Enrollment FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 3051 3001 3073 3041 2983 3040* 3000* 3200 3100 3000 2900 2800 2700 * Budgeted Enrollment 2600 Source: 2500 VDOE Annual Supts. Report, FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 Table 1 Membership

Budget Development • February 13 – Needs-Based Budget –Presented to the School Board – Addressed areas of need identified to support the School Board’s Strategic Plan and areas of need identified in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. • March 20 – Balanced Budget – Approved by the School Board – Generally replicates the FY 2018 Operating Budget for FY 2019. • March 26 – Balanced Budget -Presented to City Council

Budget Priorities • Teacher Recruitment and Retention – Improve Compensation • Student Support – Social, Emotional, Behavioral – Academic • Facility Maintenance – Ongoing maintenance needs – Preventive maintenance

Instruction • Instruction is core function of a school. • Education is a people intensive organization. • Great teachers are key to great instruction. • Career planning and workforce development skills for high school students are a key element of the Profile of a Graduate and will require additional personnel with expertise in these areas for our high school programs to be successful. • Instruction comprises 77% of the operating budget.

Student Services • Additional personnel are needed to provide for increasingly intensive needs of students, particularly at the pre-school and elementary levels. • Opportunities are available for expanding pre-school programs for our most at-risk students to assure they are prepared to enter kindergarten ready to learn. • Expanded alternative programs serving middle school students are being piloted this year and are reflected in the budget for next year. • Legislation prohibiting suspensions of students will require additional personnel and programs to address student behaviors in the school setting.

Student Instruction Services Increased costs associated with regional programs. (To be determined.) • – Shenandoah Valley Governor’s School, Valley Career and Technical Center, Shenandoah Valley Regional Special Education , Genesis, and Headstart . Personnel costs (salaries and benefits) comprise 80% of the operating • budget. Budget adds 5 teaching positions and 5 aide positions for instructional and • student support. (Removed most positions from the balanced budget.) _____________________________________________________________________ - Too many of the children who are entering Waynesboro’s elementary schools are not coming poised to succeed. -A significant number of Waynesboro’s elementary school age children are not doing well in the basics. -As in the elementary schools, there is a need for additional personnel to address special learning challenges many students bring to Kate Collins. -High school students are not graduating at high enough rates. (Waynesboro City Comprehensive Plan, 2017)

Student Instruction Services • Competitive salaries are critical for recruiting and retaining highly quality instructional personnel. • Personnel costs (salaries and benefits) comprise 80% of the operating budget. • Budget proposes a 3% raise for employees. (Removed from the balanced budget.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Waynesboro teachers are not as well compensated as other districts. It is critical to offer teachers in Waynesboro compensation that enables Waynesboro to compete for the best teachers in the state. (Waynesboro City Comprehensive Plan, 2017)

Teacher Recruitment and Retention 2017-2018 Teacher Scale Comparison Entry w/ Entry w/ 5 Years 5 years w/ 10 Years 10 years w/ 15 Years 15 Years w/ 20 Years 20 Years w/ 25 Years 25 Years w/ 30 Years 30 Years w/ SCHOOL DISTRICT Bachelors Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters 1 Albemarle County 46,000 48,215 48,313 50,528 50,625 52,840 54,263 56,478 57,900 60,115 62,750 64,965 67,600 69,815 2 Augusta County 40,580 43,516 42,650 45,586 44,826 47,762 47,112 50,048 49,515 52,451 52,040 54,976 55,347 58,283 3 Harrisonburg City 43,450 46,150 45,371 48,071 46,908 49,608 49,187 51,887 51,912 54,613 55,622 58,322 63,161 65,861 4 Lexington City 38,731 42,528 40,358 44,155 43,478 47,275 46,839 50,636 50,458 54,255 54,356 58,153 62,410 66,207 5 Nelson County 46,080 48,759 46,080 48,759 48,223 50,902 50,366 53,045 52,509 55,188 54,653 57,332 58,939 61,618 6 Page County 40,465 43,566 41,122 44,237 42,544 45,659 44,357 47,472 46,735 49,894 50,812 53,927 54,324 57,438 7 Rockbridge 38,910 41,225 40,148 42,463 41,770 44,085 44,911 47,226 48,052 50,367 51,194 53,509 54,335 56,650 8 Rockingham County 43,050 45,535 44,574 47,059 46,104 48,589 48,450 50,935 51,204 53,689 54,009 56,494 57,375 59,860 9 Staunton City * 42,062 44,094 43,984 46,119 46,000 48,233 48,107 50,442 50,311 52,754 52,617 55,171 55,028 57,699 10 Waynesboro City 40,501 43,144 42,178 44,821 44,708 47,351 47,339 49,982 48,586 51,229 51,684 54,327 58,391 61,034 Average 41,983 44,673 43,478 46,180 45,519 48,230 48,093 50,815 50,718 53,456 53,974 56,718 58,691 61,447 Median 41,321 43,830 43,317 45,853 45,413 47,998 47,723 50,539 50,385 53,222 53,313 55,833 57,883 60,447 WPS from Average -1,482 -1,529 -1,300 -1,359 -811 -879 -754 -833 -2,132 -2,227 -2,290 -2,391 -300 -413 WPS from Median -820 -686 -1,139 -1,032 -705 -647 -384 -557 -1,799 -1,993 -1,629 -1,506 508 587 WPS % from Median -1.98% -1.57% -2.63% -2.25% -1.55% -1.35% -0.80% -1.10% -3.57% -3.74% -3.06% -2.70% 0.88% 0.97% Waynesboro's Rank FY17-18 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 Salaries Are Not Indexed Based Upon Local Cost of Living Source: Virginia Education Association 2017-18 Salary Schedules for Teachers; Volume I: Benchmarks and Rankings, Sept. 2017 * Staunton's Salaries effective December 2017

Teacher Recruitment and Retention 2017-2018 Teacher Scale Comparison Entry w/ Entry w/ 5 Years 5 years w/ 10 Years 10 years w/ 15 Years 15 Years w/ 20 Years 20 Years w/ 25 Years 25 Years w/ 30 Years 30 Years w/ SCHOOL DISTRICT Bachelors Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Experience Masters Augusta County 40,580 43,516 42,650 45,586 44,826 47,762 47,112 50,048 49,515 52,451 52,040 54,976 55,347 58,283 Staunton City * 42,062 44,094 43,984 46,119 46,000 48,233 48,107 50,442 50,311 52,754 52,617 55,171 55,028 57,699 Waynesboro City 40,501 43,144 42,178 44,821 44,708 47,351 47,339 49,982 48,586 51,229 51,684 54,327 58,391 61,034 Average 41,048 43,585 42,937 45,509 45,178 47,782 47,519 50,157 49,471 52,145 52,114 54,825 56,255 59,005 Waynesboro's Rank FY17-18 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 Salaries Are Not Indexed Based Upon Local Cost of Living Source: Virginia Education Association 2017-18 Salary Schedules for Teachers; Volume I: Benchmarks and Rankings, Sept. 2017 * Staunton's Salaries effective December 2017

Teacher Recruitment and Retention History of Salary Increases in Neighboring Divisions Five Year School Division 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Total 2018-19 Staunton City 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 15.00% 3.00% Augusta County 4.00% 3.40% 1.50% 3.00% 2.00% 13.90% 1.50% Waynesboro City 3.00% 0.00% 1.50% 2.20% 1.00% 7.70%