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Investing in Stafford’s Future: Creating a Journey of Excellence for All Stafford County Public Schools Fiscal Year 2019-2020 School Board Proposed Budget March 19, 2019

Continuing Partnership 2

Accomplishments Funded Compensation Additional Positions Capital Needs Funded Additional Investments 3

Compensation • 2.5% Across the Board • Teacher Market Enhancement • Market Enhancement for Paraprofessionals, Bus Drivers, & Monitors Additional Positions • Teachers: Growth, Focus, Music, ESOL • Diagnosticians • Special Education: Teachers, Paraprofessionals, & Other 4

Capital Improvements • Moncure Elementary School Rebuild • Purchase & Renovation of North Star Early Childhood Education Center • Ferry Farm Elementary School Renovation Other Improvements • Buses • Central Purchasing and Procurement • Security Infrastructure/Upgrades • Elementary School Protection Officers 5

Thank you for your continuing support! 6

Goals and Priorities 7

Ultimate Goal: For all Stafford children to receive an excellent education according to their individual needs, interests, and abilities. 8

School Board’s Budget Objectives Attract, Retain and Develop the SCPS Workforce Expand Learning Opportunities Ensure Equity and Excellence 9

Challenges 10

Growth Turnover Compensation Changing Demographics and Student Needs New Accreditation Standards and Mandates 11

Average Daily Membership (K-12) 30,000 29,000 29,351 28,934 28,487 28,000 27,000 Growth 26,000 25,000 24,000 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* 2020* *Projected 12

Percent Turnover of Licensed Staff for the Past Three Years 2016 2017 2018 14.3% 11.1% 15.5% Turnover 13

Licensed Staff Resignations as Percentage of Staff* 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% Turnover 5.0% 0.0% 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 30+ Years of Experience *As a percentage of staff with corresponding experience 14

Currently, there are 58.5 vacant Turnover teaching positions. 15

Where Teachers Went Spotsylvania Prince William Manassas Loudoun King George Fredericksburg Fauquier Turnover Fairfax Culpeper Caroline Alexandria Arlington 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 16

Where Teachers Went Spotsylvania Prince William Turnover Fairfax 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 17

Salary Scale Comparison Stafford, Spotsylvania and Prince William Counties $115,000 Compensation $95,000 $75,000 $55,000 $35,000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Years of Experience Prince William/Spotsylvania County Average Stafford Prince William Spotsylvania 18

Bus Driver Salaries At 6.5 hours a day, 183 days a year, the Compensation annual salary for a beginning bus driver in Stafford would be $17,854.40. In Spotsylvania it would be $18,924.95. In Prince William it would be $22,160.39. 19

44.2% of 749 employees recently Compensation analyzed are below the minimum of the market. 20

Diverse Student Population White Two or More Demographics Pacific Islander Hispanic Black Asian American Indian 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 2014 2019 21

Students Identified as English Learners as Percentage of Total Student Population 10.00% 9.00% Demographics 8.00% 7.00% 6.00% 5.00% 4.00% 3.00% 2.00% 1.00% 0.00% 2014 2019 22

Economically Disadvantaged Students as Percentage of Total Student Population 36.00% 35.00% Demographics 34.00% 33.00% 32.00% 31.00% 30.00% 29.00% 28.00% 27.00% 2014 2019 23

Students with Disabilities as Percentage of Total Student Population 14.00% 12.00% Demographics 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% 2014 2019 Percent of Student Population 24

State Changes New Accreditation Process Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Virginia has adjusted requirements for schools to gain and maintain accreditation. 25

State Changes Counselors Virginia’s Standards of Quality has increased the minimum number of counselors required per student. 26

School Board’s Proposed Budget Fiscal Year 2020 27

School Board’s Budget: Staffing & Resources Growth/Class Size Initiative: North Star Early Childhood Center: • Teachers – 28.0 FTEs • Admin Assistants – 2.0 FTEs • Elementary – 7.0 • Nurse – 1.0 FTE • Middle – 15.0 Purchasing/Procurement: • High – 4.0 • Reorganization – 2.0 FTEs • Alt. Ed. – 1.0 • Increased Contribution to Central Purchasing • ESOL – 1.0 Support Positions: Counselors: • CTE (Workplace Readiness) – 1.0 FTE • Across all grade levels – 12.0 FTEs • Restore High School Admin Assistants – 2.0 FTEs Special Education: • Dispatcher – 1.0 FTE • Diagnosticians – 5.0 FTEs • O&M – 1.0 FTE • Teachers – 10.5 FTEs • Technology – 2.0 FTEs • Paraprofessionals – 13.0 FTEs • Systems Analyst • Speech Pathologist – 0.5 FTE • VOIP • OT/PT – 1.5 FTEs • Student Services Admin Assist – 1.0 FTE 28

School Board’s Budget: Staff Compensation, Development and Retention Across the Board • 5% for all employees • Market study of 749 employees Market Study • Total cost of $1.2M to adjust employees below the minimum • $500k included in budget • Compensate teachers for additional work outside of normal duties Stipends • Additional program added by the VHSL • Mentor teacher program 29

School Board’s Budget: Staff Compensation, Development and Retention • Additional 1% for teachers with 13+ years of Teachers experience • Adjust nurse (RN) scale to equivalent of Nurses teachers’ scale • Adjust middle school assistant principals from Principals 10-month to 12-month contracts 30

Reductions Reinvested Increase in Compensation Budgeted Redirected & Benefits: Salary Lapse: Staffing $2,168,641 $1,250,000 31

School Board’s Budget: Revenue Assumptions State Revenue: Federal Other/Misc. ADM: 29,351 $172,215,139 Revenue: Revenue: $2,153,000 $3,028,918 Increase: 417 Increase: (1.4%) $9,247,596 Increase: Increase: (5.7%) $115,000 (5.6%) $215,007 (7.6%) 32

School Board’s Budget: Revenue Assumptions • SCPS’ budget assumes 75 more students than State ADM • Compensation supplement State Revenue • Supports additional counselors • Regional special education funding • Increase in expenditure rebates (e.g., use of purchase cards) Other Revenue will be used to fund additional resources for the purchasing/procurement initiative County/Local • Increase of $8.7M Transfer • Deficit of $5.2M from county administrator proposal 33

School Board’s Proposed Budget: Summary Total Expenditures: $308,008,156 Increase: $18,316,993 (6.3%) Increase in County Funding: $8,739,390 (7.2%) 34

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