The following materials were provided to Indiana legislative leaders and the IN state superintendent when we me with them to discuss the significant issues Muncie Community Schools are facing.
2. Scope of MCS September 2016
• Serve children from age 3 to 22 and adults working towards a HS
diploma
• 5650 Traditional Students
• 597.5 Permanent Staff (24% reduction)
Administrators 33 (9% reduction)
Faculty 408 (9% reduction)
Non-certified Staff 149 ( 43% reduction)
• Fifteen Locations
Nine Elementary Schools (PK-5)
Two Middle Schools (6-8)
Muncie Central High School (9-12)
Muncie Area Career Center (9+)
Youth Opportunity Center (6-12)
Camp Adventure
3. Student Demographics SY2017
• Breakdown by Ethnicity
20% Black/Non-Hispanic
12.8% Hispanic
62.4% White/Non-Hispanic
3.7% Multiracial
1.1% Other
• 25% of Students with an IEP (Unduplicated Count 12/2015 numbers)
230 Severe Disabilities
581 Mild Disabilities
800 Speech/Language Disabilities
• 1% of Children who are English Language Learners
• 74.6% Percent of Students on Free or Reduced Lunch
4. Enrollment
Based upon Fall Reporting
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
7212
7019
6940
6802
6602
6115
5893
5650
5569
Yellow bar shows projected enrollment from Mike Reuter’s financial projections 3/2016
5. Indiana Department of Education and
State Board of Accounts have requested
that MCS develop and implement a
deficit reduction plan in April 2016
MCS will submit it as soon as we complete negotiations with MTA
6. General Fund Expenses by Type
Salaries
50%
Benefits
26%
Purchased
Services
1%
Water/Trash
0%
Insurance/Travel
2%
Supplies
2%
Special Ed
11%
Vocational Ed
1%
Alternative Schools
1%
Custodial/Maintenance
6%
11. Facilities Maintenance
• With brief expenditures are Southside High School in
2009, no major facilities projects have been undertaken in
a decade
• One of the keys of the Strategic Planning Process was to
develop a long term facilities plan for the corporation and
a preventative maintenance program
• MCS has identified more than $50 million in work that
needs to be completed in order to bring buildings up to
appropriate standards
• Two buildings had to be temporarily closed this year due
to HVAC issues
13. Impact of Special Education on
Student Teacher Ratio
MCS serves as the administrator for the Blackford-Delaware County Special
Education Cooperative
MCS serves 1434 students with a primary disability and 243 with a secondary
speech need plus 31 county students
More than 25% of our students have been identified with special needs.
Yorktown for instance has 10% (TSP 2015) and statewide average is 14.9%
308 of those (K-12) students are in 29 separate classes. That ratio of 10.6
drives the rest of our ratio down.
In considering student/teacher ratio, special education has a huge impact
14. MCS Current Student Teacher Ratio
Staff Students Student/Teacher Ratio
MCS Total 408 5620 13.77
MCS Self-Contained Special
Education
29 308 10.62
MCS Youth Opportunity Center 15 155 10.33
MCS Non- Self-Contained Spec
Ed. & Regular Education
364 5157 14.17
Daleville (SY16) 924 13.6
Wes-Del (SY16) 817 12.3
Cowan (SY16) 791 13.6
Yorktown (SY16) 2534 17.6
15. Cost Reductions Annual Savings
Energy manager (11/1/2015) 87,059.32
Two accompanists (7/1/2016) 50,852.92
District administrator (R. Thompson's position) 100,000.00
Healthcare discounts (11/1/2015) 2,000,000.00
Two secretarial reductions (Dist. Office) 100,000.00
MCHS administrator (7/1/2015) 90,000.00
Move from ENA to G-mail (8/1/2015) 83,000.00
Privatize food service (3/2016) 496,000.00
Privatize custodial services (3/2016) 450,000.00
Modification of Tax Anticipation Loan process (1/2016)
Attorney at board meeting (7/2015) 4,500.00
Change administrative salary structure (3/2015) 62,000.00
Rent farmland near Wilson MS (3/2016) 2,500.00
Clean up water/sewer bills 10,000.00
Teacher reductions (32) (add 15 Inst. Assts.) 1,260,000.00
Replace YOC certified instructor with non-certified (8/1/2016) 20,000.00
Replace YOC suspension teacher with a Student Assistance Coordinator 5,000.00
Reduce a media specialist (8/1/2016) 60,000.00
3.5 secretarial reductions (2.5 Dist. Office; 1 MACC) (7/1/2016) 175,000.00
Reduce parent volunteer coordinators (7/1/2016) 33,000.00
Security reductions (7/1/2016) 80,000.00
Leave NMS pool closed 92,000.00
Outsource nurses (7/1/2016) 300,000.00
De Facto reduction of counselors (sharing between NV/MES & WV/Storer) as no qualified candidates are
available 100,000.00
Close Anthony Administrative Building 178,000.00
Break Energy Management Contract 79,200.00
Reduce Copiers at MCHS $1463.72/academic month 14,637.20
Eliminate School Dude 6,000.00
Reduce a MCHS secretary 55,000.00
Change non-bargained insurance plan 475,994.00
6,469,743.44
16. Reductions In Process Annual Savings
Reduce a media aide (MCHS) 35,000.00
Streamline printing/copying 25,000.00
Retiree health contributions (non-union) 1,014,578.98
Modify the way we pay routine bills 20,000.00
Stop retiree cash payments under Article XII of MTA Contract 160,000.00
Properly Bid Transportation Contract 1,300,000.00+
Solar Power Contract for MCS Buildings 188,000.00
Total In Process 2,742,578.98
Sub-Total Reductions Already Made 6,469,743.44
Total Reductions in Process and Made 9,212,322.42
Reductions being asked for via Fact Finding 6,049,464.00
17. Grants & Partnerships
• Last year staff brought in more than $1.1 million
in grant funding for MCS
87 Faculty & Staff received
123 individual grants
• An Example:
Partnership with Meridian Health Services have
brought additional nine social services support
personnel into schools
18. Additional Considerations
• Consideration to exempt MCS from SB 309, if it passes.
That will cost MCS nearly $27 million if it passes
• Consider some relief for MCS in regard to the tax cap
• Exempt schools like MCS in significant fiscal condition
from selling property to a charter school at anything
below market price
Notes de l'éditeur
In 2015 35 administrators, 453 teachers, 259 support staff; total 747
2016 Partner Employees 134 ( 100% increase); 64.5 SSC; Chartwells 56.5; Interim Health Care 13
14.9% is statewide IEP average; Yorktown has 10% students with disability according to the Star Press
59 ESL students
Speech students are duplicated
Effectively, MCS had to ask the IDOE to ask for the deficit reduction plan. We asked for it in writing several times, but a formal request was never forthcoming.
Updated prior to negotiations
MCS had the 9th Highest loss in the State
8/20/13 Apple Financial Services $598,999.13 (lease payment for I-pads)
11/27/13 Network Solutions $133,281.81 Final Payment on the Wireless network
6/20/14 Muncie Community Schools $259,721.90 Transfer to Fund #350 to restore 12/31/13 cash balance
6/20/14 Muncie Community Schools $819,850.62 Transfer to Fund #200 to restore 12/31/13 cash balance
6/20/14 Muncie Community Schools $170,050.03 Transfer to Fund 250 to restore 12/31/13 cash balance
12/31/14 Muncie Community Schools $1,659,145.50 Reimburse Fund #200 to balance year end negative cash balance
12/31/14 Muncie Community Schools $365,689.86 Reimburse Fund #250 to balance Retirement/Severance Bond (negative cash balance)
Michael Hicks says we have a 12.0 ratio which given 5290 students would require 474 teachers. He is using IDOE Data