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• AP pass rates
• Audited financial statements
• Births (U.S. population)
• BOE vote
• Budget
• Budget votes
• Common Core standards
• Contracts
• Elections
• Employees
• Empty nesters and school funding
• English curriculum
• Enrollment
• Estimated tax increase
• Financial statements
• Flipped classrooms
• Free and reduced lunch
• Fund balance (budget surplus)
• Inflation
• NYSED
• Open meetings law
• Retiree health-care hosts (OPEB)
• Per pupil spending
• Private & homeschool enrollment
• Property tax report card
• Public Opinion
• Salary schedule
• SAT and ACT scores
• School report cards
• Special education
• Spending increase
• Taxable assessments
• Tax cap
• Teacher and administrator compensation
• Teacher compensation v. taxpayer compensation
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Advanced Placement Pass Rates
| School 2013 |
% Graduating Seniors Who Have Passed At Least 1 AP Test |
| Bronxville | 95.0% (2012) |
| Rye | 88.70% |
| Edgemont | 87.0% |
| Jericho | 85.0% |
| Chappaqua | 79.10% |
| Dobbs Ferry* | 79.0% |
| Adlai Stevenson Lincolnshire, IL Per pupil spending $24,144 (2012-13) |
77.0% |
| Yonkers (2012)* | 77.0% |
| Pleasantville | 72.0% |
| Hastings | 71% |
| Briarcliff (2012) | 61.0% |
| Irvington Per pupil spending: $28,404 (2012-13) |
58.20% |
*I assume (but don’t know) that both the Dobbs and the Yonkers figures are for IB tests.
• Why the AP pass rate matters
Financial Statements – June 30 2009
Financial Statements – June 30 2010
Financial Statements – June 30 2011
Financial statements – June 30 2012
Financial statements – June 30, 2013
Financial Statements – June 30, 2014
Budget 2012-2013: $51,156,000
Budget 2013-2014: $54,070,000
Percent change: 5.7%
Budget documents annotated | May 2013
• IUFSD Estimated tax-rate increase | Fund Balance
..PCE inflation | 5.21.2013
Proposed Budget May 2013
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Common Core standards
NY State Common Core Math
Mathematics Appendix A
NY State Common Core ELA Standards
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
School board election
Montgomery won an absolute majority, Grados a plurality.
| May 21, 2013 Total voters: 1,719 |
. % |
|
| John Montgomery | 891 | 52% |
| Bob Grados | 771 | 45% |
| Seth Oster | 575 | 33% |
| David Graeber | 558 | 32% |
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IRVINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
OFFICIAL VOTE COUNT MAY 21, 2013
33 abstentions in 2013:
(budget above cap)
| BUDGET 5/21/2013 |
||
| YES | 1027 | 59.7% |
| NO | 659 | 38.3% |
| ABSTAIN | 33 | 1.9% |
| TOTAL | 1719 |
WHITE LINE BREAK
249 abstentions in 2012:
(budget below cap)
| BUDGET 5/15/2012 |
||
| YES | 904 | 57.3% |
| NO | 425 | 26.9% |
| ABSTAIN | 249 | 15.8% |
| TOTAL | 1578 |
The folks in the press can quote me. We will need to go over the tax cap next year.
– BOE member Bob Grados
meeting of the Board of Education
March 6, 2012
Tape #5
20:53:55
Info from July 1, 2010 (most recent year analyzed in district actuarial report):
- The district has 271 active employees and 135 retirees. Figures do not included spouses.
- Average age of IUFSD employees is 44 for men, 46 for women.
- Of active employees, 43 are currently eligible to retire.
- As of July 2010, all employees, retirees and their spouses receive free healthcare benefits for life (no co-pay, no deductible).
- Present value of all benefits (other than pension) is $100,000,000.
- UPDATE 10/23/2014: current retirees 157
Number of employees, age, and $100,000,000 present value future liabilities
Empty nesters and school funding
| 2011-2012 – school taxes for a current BOE member w/2 children | |
| SCHOOL TAXES | $14,859.08* |
| BUDGET | $50,324,892.00 |
| ENROLLMENT | 1756 |
| COST PER PUPIL | $28,658.82 |
| COST FOR 2 CHILDREN IN IUFSD | $57,317.65 |
| WHAT PEOPLE W/O CHILDREN CURRENTLY IN IUFSD SCHOOLS PAY TO EDUCATE 1 BOARD MEMBER’S CHILDREN |
$42,458.56 |
• What empty nesters and non-school parents pay
…to send children to IUFSD schools
English curriculum
Partial list of books Irvington 7th graders read during Fall 2011:
What do homebuyers want? | 6/2/2012
Enrollment decline
10% Projected enrollment decline over the next 5 years (May 13, 2013):
- K-5 enrollments “may likely decrease” by up to 60 students
- 6-8 enrollments “may likely decrease” by up to 30 pupils
- 9-12 enrollments “may likely decrease” by up to 85 pupils
TOTAL: 175 students
CURRENT ENROLLMENT (3/4/2013): 1,794
PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IN 5 YEARS: 1,619
PERCENT DECREASE: 9.8%
Source:
• Page 13 | Enrollment Decline
..Kindergarten through Grade 12 Program Delivery Study
Press release and study:
• Kindergarten through Grade 12
..Program Delivery Study
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Source:
• Kindergarten through Grade 12 Program Delivery Study, page 13
Related posts:
• Enrollment
National births 2007-2010:
| Births: Final Data |
||
| YEAR | BIRTHS | PERCENT CHANGE |
| 2007 | 4,316,233 | +1 |
| 2008 | 4,247,694 | -2% |
| 2009 | 4,130,665 | -3% |
| 2010 | 3,999,386 | -3% |
| 2011 (provisional data) |
3,978,000 | -2% |
• Births: Final Data for 2007 (ABSTRACT)
• Births: Final Data for 2007 (NVSS)
• Births: Final Data for 2008 (NVSS)
• Births: Final Data for 2009 (NVSS)
• Births: Final Data for 2010 (NVSS)
IUFSD Enrollment history (under construction)
| YEAR | ENROLLMENT | CHANGE |
| 1977-1978 | 1,564 | |
| 1978-1979 | 1,461 | -103 |
| 1979-1980 | 1,455 | -6 |
| 1980-1981 | 1,391 | -64 |
| 1981-1982 | 1,304 | -87 |
| 1982-1983 | 1,217 | -87 |
| 1983-1984 | 1,181 | -36 |
| 1984-1985 | 1,130 | -51 |
| 1985-1986 | 1,129 | -1 |
| 1986-1987 | 1,124 | -5 |
| 1987-1988 | 1,122 | -2 |
| 1988-1989 | 1,100 | -22 |
| 1989-1990 | 1,101 | +1 |
| 1990-1991 | 1,147 | +46 |
| 1991-1992 | 1,149 | +2 |
| 1992-1993 | 1,197 | +48 |
| 1993-1994 | 1,219 | +22 |
| 1994-1995 | 1,284 Legend Hollow children begin entering IUFSD |
+65 |
| 1995-1996 | 1,310 | +26 |
| 1996-1997 | 1,395 | +85 |
| 1997-1998 | 1,445 | +50 |
| 1998-1999 | 1,618 | +173 |
| 1999-2000 | 1,711 | +93 |
| 2000-2001 | 1,744 | +33 |
| 2001-2002 | 1,858 | +114 |
| 2002-2003 | 1,937 | +79 |
| 2003-2004 | 1,989 | +52 |
| 2004-2005 | 1,998 | +9 |
| 2005-2006 | 1,959 | -39 |
| 2006-2007 | 1,961 middle school opens (?) |
+2 |
| 2007-2008 | 1,942 | -19 |
| 2008-2009 | 1,888 | -54 |
| 2009-2010 | 1,799 projected: 1848 overestimate: 49 |
-89 |
| 2010-2011 | 1,798 | -1 |
| 2011-2012 | correction: 1,747 (BEDS) |
-51 |
| 2012-2013 | 1,799 (5/10/2013) projected: 1,740 underestimate: 59 |
+52 |
| 2013-2014 | 1,780 | -19 |
| 2014-2015 | 1,768 projected: 1,794 |
-12 |
10% projected decline in enrollment over next 5 years (May 13, 2013)
Sources for years 1977-1978 through 2009-2010:
Superintendent’s Proposed 2009-10 Budget March 24, 2008
(the ‘2008’ has to be wrong, but that’s what the document says)
and
2009-2010
Superintendent’s Proposed Budget
March 24, 2009 (ppt)
AND SEE: Data NYSED
Enrollment as of 3/4/2013: 1,794
Enrollment as of Friday 5/10/2013: 1799
SEE:
• Correcting Bob Grados
Sources for years 1977-1978 through 2009-2010:
Superintendent’s Proposed 2009-10 Budget March 24, 2008
(the ‘2008’ has to be wrong, but that’s what the document says)
and
2009-2010
Superintendent’s Proposed Budget
March 24, 2009 (ppt)
| Births: Final Data |
||
| YEAR | BIRTHS | PERCENT CHANGE |
| 2007 (highest # in U.S. history) |
4,316,233 | +1 |
| 2008 | 4,247,694 | -2% |
| 2009 | 4,130,665 | -3% |
| 2010 | 3,999,386 | -3% |
| 2011 (provisional data) |
3,978,000 | -2% |
• Births: Final Data for 2007 (ABSTRACT)
• Births: Final Data for 2007 (NVSS)
• Births: Final Data for 2008 (NVSS)
• Births: Final Data for 2009 (NVSS)
• Births: Final Data for 2010 (NVSS)
Financial statements
• 2009 Financial Statements
• 2010 Financial Statements
• 2011 Financial Statements
• 2012 Financial Statements
• 2013 Financial Statements
• 2014 Financial Statements
Free and reduced lunch 2013-2014
IRVINGTON UFSD – School Report Card Data
Free lunch 78 – 4%
Reduced-price lunch 36 – 2%
Dows Lane – School Report Card Data [2013-14]
Eligible for Free Lunch: 17 (3%)
Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 8 (2%)
MAIN STREET SCHOOL (4-5) – School Report Card Data [2013 – 14]
Eligible for Free Lunch: 14 students (5%)
Eligible for Reduced-Price Lunch: 4 students (1%)
IRVINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL – School Report Card Data [2013 – 14]
Eligible for Free Lunch: 19 students (4%)
Eligible for Reduced-Price Lunch: 11 students (3%)
IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL – School Report Card Data [2013 – 14]
Eligible for Free Lunch: 28 students (5%)
Eligible for Reduced-Price Lunch: 13 students (2%)
IUFSD Accountability and Overview – 2005
Free and reduced lunch 2005-06
Eligible for Free Lunch – 1%
Eligible for Reduced-Price Lunch – 0%
Free and reduced lunch 2004-05
Eligible for Free Lunch – 2%
Eligible for Reduced-Price Lunch – 0%
Free and reduced lunch 2003-04
Eligible for Free Lunch – 0%
Eligible for Reduced-Price Lunch – 0%
The “fund balance” is the budget surplus, sometimes called a “rainy day” fund. By definition, it is money in the budget that is not designated to pay for programs. Districts have been advised to use the fund balance to stay within the tax cap, and in the May 2013 election 97% of NY districts did so. IUFSD chose to break the cap in order to keep its fund balance at the maximum allowable under the law.
| Year | Fund balance (budget surplus) |
Percent of budget |
| 2008-2009 | $1,949,375 | 3.85% |
| 2009-2010 | $2,040,362 | 4% |
| 2011-2012 | $2,012,995 | 4% |
| 2012-2013 | $2,046,240 | 4% |
| 2013-2014 | $2,162,800 | 4% |
| Amount by which 2013-2014 budget overrides tax cap |
$1,277,756 |
Sources:
• 2009-2010 Adopted BUDGET (see page 27)
• Fund Balance (budget surplus) 2011-2012,
…2012-2013, and 2013-2014
• Fund Balance – NY state – ALL – 2011-2012 and 2012-13
AND SEE:
• Singapore math explains the budget
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Inflation as of 5/9/2013
Core PCE, not the CPI, is used by the Federal Reserve.
US Core PCE Inflation Rate data by YCharts
US Core PCE Inflation Rate data by YCharts
1.05% Core PCE inflation (charts accessed 7/4-5/2013):
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NYSED
• New York State Property Tax Report Card (defines fund balance)
• Part I – Budget and Enrollment:
…2012-13 Property Tax Report Card Data
• Part II – Tax Levy: 2012-13 Property Tax Report Card Data
• Part III – Fund Balances: 2012-13 Property Tax Report Card Data
Open Meetings law
- IUFSD FOIL form (downloaded 8/29/2013)
- The Committee on Open Government – Robert J. Freeman, Executive Director
- Frequently asked questions
- Committee on Open Government
- Committee on Open Government Video
- Freedom of Information Law Advisory Opinions (searchable)
- PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 6
- PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 7
- 21 NYCRR PART 1401
- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW CASE SUMMARY
OPEB – Retiree health-care costs (“Other Post-Employment Benefits”)
Retiree Health Benefits MUST READ
Our district pays health-care costs for retirees and their spouses for life. The increase in future obligations as of June 30, 2013:
| YEAR | OPEB* Obligation |
2-year % increase |
Core PCE year-on-year (Inflation) August 2013* |
|
| June 30, 2011 | $16,857,318 | |||
| June 30, 2012 | $22,056,552 | 30.84% | ||
| June 30, 2013 | $27,784,130 | 25.97% | 64.82% | 1.2% |
*Core PCE = Personal Consumption Expenditure: prices excluding food and energy. Core PCE is the measure of inflation used by the Federal Reserve.
Source:
• 2013 AUDIT | OPEB | p 37 & 38 INCLUDES source in Irvington Union
…Free School District Financial Statements of June 30, 2013 Together
…with Independent Auditor’s Report via Patrick Gilmartin.
Per pupil spending
2012-2013 Budget: $51,156,000
Enrollment as of 5/10/2013: 1,799
Per pupil spending: $28,436
2013-2014
Budget: $54,070,000
Current enrollment (5/10/2013): 1,799
Per pupil spending: $30,056
Source:
• 3.5.2013 – Superintendent’s Proposed Budget – (Powerpoint)
Percent increase in per pupil spending: 5.6%
Public opinion
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Source:
• A Nation at Risk: Where Are We Now? | Education Week | Published
…Online: April 23, 2013 | Published in Print: April 24, 2013, as Where
…Are We Now?
Rasmussen 2013
• 17% Say U.S. Public Schools Provide World-Class Education
• Just 26% Give U.S. Public Schools Positive Marks
• 66% Think High School Graduates Lack Skills for College or Job
• 39% Think Common Core Standards Likely to Improve Student
…Achievement
• Voters Favor Choices for Prayer, Uniforms, Calendar in Schools
• 74% Underestimate Average Teacher Salary in U.S.
• 35% Think School Performance Would Improve with More Funding
SAT and ACT scores
SAT I Individual Score Equivalents
(what our kids’ scores would have been prior to 1995)
School report cards
At Houlihan Lawrence
Special education enrollment | Westchester County
| District 2011-2012 All Westchester County districts |
Percent of Total Public & Nonpublic School Students in Special Education |
| Rye City 4.4% | 4.4% |
| Bronxville | 6.6% |
| Bedford | 7.9% |
| Dobbs Ferry | 7.3% |
| Scarsdale | 7.9% |
| Tarrytown | 8.0% |
| Blind Brook | 8.1% |
| Greenburgh | 8.3% |
| White Plains | 8.8% |
| Eastchester | 9.4% |
| Mamaroneck | 9.6% |
| Rye Neck | 9.6% |
| Pocantico Hills | 9.8% |
| New Rochelle | 9.9% |
| Harrison | 10.0% |
| Briarcliff | 10.4% |
| North Salem | 10.5% |
| Pelham | 10.5% |
| Ardsley | 10.7% |
| Chappaqua | 10.8% |
| Hendrick Hudson | 11.4% |
| Elmsford | 11.5% |
| Byram Hills | 11.6% |
| Hastings | 11.6% |
| Portchester-Rye | 11.6% |
| Somers | 11.6% |
| Irvington | 11.7% |
| Ossining | 11.7% |
| Yorktown | 11.8% |
| Valhalla | 11.9% |
| Edgemont | 12.0% |
| Croton-Harmon | 12.3% |
| Tuckahoe | 12.5% |
| Katonah-Lewisboro | 12.8% |
| Yonkers | 13.0% |
| Mount Pleasant | 14.7% |
| Lakeland | 15.0% |
| Peekskill | 15.7% |
| Mount Vernon | 16.1% |
Source:
• Search Results for Westchester County | NYSED
• NYSED Special Education School District Data Profile for 2011-2012
Spending – Percent increase
Proposed budget (3/5/2013): $54,070,000
Enrollment as of 5/10/2013: 1,799
Per pupil spending: $30,056
Source:
• 3.5.2013 – Superintendent’s Proposed Budget – (Powerpoint)
2012-2013 Budget: $51,156,000
Enrollment as of 5/10/2013: 1,799
Per pupil spending: $28,436
Percent increase in per pupil spending: 5.6%
Related post: $30,139 per pupil spending proposed for 2013-2014 | 5/11/2013
Private and homeschool enrollment
source: Superintendent’s Proposed Budget March 5, 2013 | page 39
- Roughly a 1% increase in taxable assessments.
- Proposed budget increase, excluding $3.5 million borrowed to pay tax certs: 5.7%.
Tax Cap
Number of districts breaking the tax cap in 2013: 4%
Percent of districts that dipped into fund balance in order to stay within the cap: 97%
Tax Cap Explainer
• Tax Levy Cap Explainer – BOCES – (highlighted)
Tax Cap Law
• Local Government and School Accountability
Property Tax Report Card 2013
• 2013-14 Property Tax Report Card
• 2013-14 Property Tax Report Card | HIGHLIGHTED
Taxes 2011-2012 through 2016-2017
• 19.3% tax increase in 6 years
| YEAR……. | BUDGET | % BUDGET INCREASE YEAR-TO-YEAR | TAX RATE PER MILLION ($ PER MILLION) | % INCREASE IN TAX RATE |
| 2011-12 | $50,324,892 | 0.91% | $592.19 | 3.54% |
| 2012-13 | $51,156,000 | 1.65% | $613.84 | 3.66% |
| 2013-14 | $54,070,000 | 5.70% | $645.81 | 5.21% |
| 2014-15 | $56,294,000 | 4.11% | $665.35 | 3.03% |
| 2015-16 | $57,664,000 | 2.43% | $690.14 | 3.73% |
| 2016-17 | $58,688,325 | 1.78% | $706.35 | 2.35% |
| TOTAL % INCREASE IN TAX RATE: 19.3% |
SOURCE: March_22-Supts._Proposed_Budget-FINAL
Teacher and administration compensation
4 is not 2 | 5/12/2012
IUFSD teachers have not had a “wage freeze” | 5/14/2013
Teacher compensation v. taxpayer compensation
• A growing gap between teacher and taxpayer wages?
Raises and benefits at IBM | 5/31/2012
Sticky wages: wage changes in 2011 | 5/19/2013
Why Has Wage Growth Remained Strong?
By Mary Daly, Bart Hobijn, and Brian Lucking
FRBSF Economic Letter
Teacher compensation | IUFSD
2011-12: $129,644.27 (Total compensation)
2012-13: $134,739.75 (Total compensation)
Percent change: 3.93%
2011-12
Average teacher salary $96,400
Social Security $7,374.60
TRS pension $10,710.04
Health insurance $15,159.63
TOTAL: $129,644.27
2012-13
Average teacher salary: $99,150.00
Social Security $7,584.97
TRS pension: $11,739.36
Health insurance: $16,265.42
TOTAL: $134,739.75
4% average increase in teacher compensation year-to-year | 5/12/2012
Teacher salary schedules | IUFSD
• CONTRACT | JOINT PRESS RELEASE | SALARY SCHEDULE | 1.18.2012 | SALARY SCHEDULE
SALARY SCHEDULES | 2009-2010 THRU 2015-2016 contracts
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
Source: The Irvington Union Free School District and the Irvington Faculty Association Collectively Negotiated Agreement | July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2016
Teacher compensation | USA
$54,200
Average US teacher salary: $54,200 | 4/28/2013
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| Average Annual GDP Growth in Past Five Expansions | |
| 2001-2007 | 2.6% |
| 1991-2000 | 3.7% |
| 1982-1990 | 3.8% |
| 1980-1981 | 4.4% |
| 1975-1980 | 4.3% |
| Source: Commerce Department, Bureau of Economic Analysis | |
Economic Growth Stays Soft
Updated April 26, 2013, 7:06 p.m. ET | By SUDEEP REDDY
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