|
Lindsay Ozbolt
<br />October 30,Z0lg
<br />Page2
<br />remaining gmdes' 'Ihe truth is that Marian Meadows presents no threat to the District,ssmall district status under its worst fears.
<br />General District F,'unding
<br />srnall school district ftnding is a status divided into two categories, K-g and ,.high school,,or grades g-12' Inrecent years, the District has not recei"rJ ,m1r district funding for K-g,due entirely to growth in itre nistri"i rto. ottrer aevetof.Jnt.. Even when the Diskict didrecsivc K-8 small district funding, ii was not a significant sutrl above what they nowreceive' Most of the funding ttre oisirict receives uu*Io oi**all district status cornes fromthe fact that it has a small f,igh ..hool.'
<br />Based on our research, the District missed the small school money opporhrnity for fiscalyear (FY) l7-18 for grades K-8, The nearest threshold is 2i < K-g <: i oo. rni Disrrict,sK-8 total in FY 1?-18 was 82.01, no*ur"", the K-g ,*ulll"nool funding is divided intotwo separate calculations, based on K-6 and 7-8 "*or-r-"nt totals. To qualify, the Enroll
<br />5;1J,l{,,TH::t
<br />q= 60, oR the Enroll 7-8 rotar ;$ b;.= 20, orno
<br />"aaitionur nnos
<br />To demonstrate howclose the Districrwas: theirEnroll K-6 Total was 60.15, or 0.15 abovethe threshold' Their Enroll z-s iotal was 21.86, or 1.86 abou" the threshold. Easton hasnot qualified for small district K_g firnding since Fy l5_16.
<br />Last year, the Disuict was at 24.79 FTE.(full_time equivalent) grade 9_12 students. Thefonnula for determining whether a aiiii"t meets smalidistricr status for 9-l2is rhis:If: [Enroil g-r2To'tar]> 0 AND <:300 AND ([Enr on9-r2roJalj _ [Enroil 9_12 crE exp]- fEnroll 9-12 CTE ]ed - [Enrolt Stifrs g_rz)) *0 lil, ir, 1n*ou 9_12 Total] <= 60Tlrerr: 9 - ([Enro, qarz fota4 - rp,.piJ-g-rz cis} err* ip irrp*", g_tzrotarj _ 60) /43,s ,F 0.s732)I - ([Enro' g-ri r;tai]-;lnupil s-i2 crilj-Err*, o,It is not a model of clarity' If one takes thetime to decipher thrs fonnula, there appears tobe some credence to the bistri"t" "iui--trre rnore,rui"nru iiirur, the ress fundini it w'r
<br />nffi::Ji::1,'1'fi,fiT$,X;*LflT iiir, or tne nistiiciil;Gl;;i; Tr*=.ln u.
<br />The District can maintain its small high school (g-rz)status,as long as its 9-12 numbersremain belorv 300' about 275 more ttui"oi, ft.ii it."r#g"Jy.*"[, there, It is significantlymore. beneficiar to stay berow oo; h""u"., and bein! ,rigdy ;u"ve 60 is arso a great prace
<br />Matian Meadows w9uld have to add at least 40 studenfs to the District,s g-12 prograrnalone before its smail district fund;;;,ig"in.""i.rr-rg* ro, u ur' r'ugh carcuration,with +20 FTE grade 9-12 studenti flt" ni.tri"t *"uio r*riiu, auout $zot less or -2% Iessthan what ir receives now. NorE, jrri* n".u., d""* ;;;;;;;,rni ro, tt .
<br />"dditionar generarfunding the district wirr receive r".trr"
<br />"ii;rionar studenrs.
<br />civen the determination that Marian Meadows would add 53 students in total, the District,sclaims that smal diskict ilid-;, ;li"p*av *" or"rrr"i*a. rn" Disrricr,s 20,*_rgenrollnent is l 12 srudents u""i.aine
<br />"-o
<br />jrr"ii wil;;e;;;-1,u,* Reporr card. T'at
<br />JOrWS'I\{ONROIIIVTTTSI.JITAGA.KOLOLSKOVA . PLLC
|