Schools
Band, Drama, Transportation on List of Potential Brighton School Cuts
Here's the complete list of proposed budget cuts and cost savings the district is considering.
Brighton Area Schools could be facing a $450,000 deficit this year without the sale of Lindbom Elementary School on top of a legacy debt of $7.4 million.
On Monday night, Brighton Superintendent Greg Gray and Assistant Superintendent of Finance Maria Gistinger presented School Board members with almost $7.9 million in budget cuts for the next fiscal year.
The proposal also included $198,844 in savings for this year that would go into effect April 1.
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Board members will review the list and give feedback to administrators by noon on Friday.
Here are the proposed cuts:
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Current year reductions
Item Cost Savings Layoff Nurse $25,046 Outsource Maintenance $75,033 Outsource Secretaries $98,765Reductions for 2013-14 school year
Item Cost Savings Layoff Nurse $90,165 Outsource Maintenance $110,000 Outsource secretaries
Reduce by 8 FTE* $499,680 Re-outsource custodians $170,000 Outsource Hall Monitor $8,000 Teaching reduction by 10.5 FTE* 1,142,547 average teachers cost Paraprofessional reduction by 3 FTE* $78,016 average para cost Media specialists share elementaries $217,628 average cost Eliminate paraprofessionals in the media center $156,300 OR Staff media centers with paraprofessionals
with 1 Librarian district-wide $405,800 Police Liaison $79,663 Reinstate pay to play $240,000 Eliminate crossing guards $10,700 Eliminate swim paraprofessional $6,400 Eliminate Educational Assistants
Mileage $112,008
$1,100 Eliminate Textbook Budget $480,000 Eliminate bus paraprofessionals $132,500 Restructure Principals $312,279 Schedule B ** $62,582 Schedule C *** $49,810 VMI Paraprofessional $20,860 Instrumental Specialists $16,258 Special Education Summer School $21,100 Curriculum Stipends & Testing Stipends $111,500 Facebook PR $6,000 In house print shop - Summer $13,700 HR Sub Assistant $2,500 Reduce Community Ed Budget $250,000 Reduce Athletic Budget $100,000 OR Eliminate Athletics $643,318 Eliminate Transportation $1,960,710 Not buy buses this year $335,000
Reduce by 8 FTE* $499,680 Re-outsource custodians $170,000 Outsource Hall Monitor $8,000 Teaching reduction by 10.5 FTE* 1,142,547 average teachers cost Paraprofessional reduction by 3 FTE* $78,016 average para cost Media specialists share elementaries $217,628 average cost Eliminate paraprofessionals in the media center $156,300 OR Staff media centers with paraprofessionals
with 1 Librarian district-wide $405,800 Police Liaison $79,663 Reinstate pay to play $240,000 Eliminate crossing guards $10,700 Eliminate swim paraprofessional $6,400 Eliminate Educational Assistants
Mileage $112,008
$1,100 Eliminate Textbook Budget $480,000 Eliminate bus paraprofessionals $132,500 Restructure Principals $312,279 Schedule B ** $62,582 Schedule C *** $49,810 VMI Paraprofessional $20,860 Instrumental Specialists $16,258 Special Education Summer School $21,100 Curriculum Stipends & Testing Stipends $111,500 Facebook PR $6,000 In house print shop - Summer $13,700 HR Sub Assistant $2,500 Reduce Community Ed Budget $250,000 Reduce Athletic Budget $100,000 OR Eliminate Athletics $643,318 Eliminate Transportation $1,960,710 Not buy buses this year $335,000
* Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
**Schedule B
- Class Sponsors
- Student Council
- NHS
- Drama
- Safety Patrol
- Academic Co-curriculars
***Schedule C
- High School Band
- High School Choir
- Middle School Band
- Middle School Choir
- High School Yearbook
- High School Newspaper
- Intermediate School Band
- Intermediate School Choir
- DECA
- 5th Grade Camp
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