 2010-11
Proposed Budget
BUDGET VOTE: TUESDAY, MAY 18
Voters approve district budget
Port Jervis
City School District residents approved the proposed
$59.9 million budget
on May
18. The tally was 969 yes votes;
527 no votes.
The budget - which is $1 million less than the current operating
budget - preserves all educational programs and teacher
positions. It carries an estimated tax levy
increase of 2.95 percent.
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Board of Education
Election -
Incumbents
Steven
Doss, Cathy
Sadaghiani
and Patrick
Witherow were reelected to serve
three-year terms, which begin June 30.
CANDIDATE PROFILES
The unofficial
vote tallies
were:
•
Patrick Witherow -
1,081
•
Steven Doss - 1,035
•
Cathy Sadaghiani -
961
•
Roger
McGibney - 572
District-wide cutbacks saving $1 million
 POSTED:
April 23, 2010
The Board of Education unanimously adopted the proposed $59.9 million spending plan
April 22 for the 2010-11 school year.
The proposal is $1 million - or 1.64
percent - lower than this year's budget. The plan will go before
voters May 18. If the plan is approved
by voters, the tax levy will increase by 2.95 percent. Anyone
with questions about the budget should call the district
business office at 858-3180.
PRESENTATION FOR ADOPTED BUDGET
(PDF Presented 4/22)
BUDGET NEWSLETTER (PDF)
Four
candidates running for School Board
POSTED: April 20, 2010
Three of the nine
seats on the Board of Education
are up for election May 18. Four candidates are running to fill
the seats on
the board: incumbents Cathy Sadaghiani, Steven Doss, and
Patrick Witherow , and Roger McGibney.
All of the seats carry a three-year term, which begins June
30.
CANDIDATE PROFILES
Revised budget preserves teaching positions
POSTED: April 12, 2010
Budget revisions presented to the Board of Education April 8
would allow the district to preserve two teaching positions and
the summer school program. Both were
slated to be cut under the preliminary 2010-11 budget.
The proposed budget now stands at $59,914,574. With the
revisions, the spending plan is still $1 million - or 1.69
percent - lower than this year's budget. Cutbacks include
reductions to BOCES services, and athletic, student, and
technology supplies.
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REVISED BUDGET PROPOSAL
(PDF - Presented 4/08)
NYSSBA Lobby Day
Board members lobby legislators for cost-saving reforms
POSTED: March 17, 2010
Three members of the Port Jervis Board of Education traveled to
Albany March 15 to lobby for the restoration of state education
aid and relief from unfunded mandates. The message was clear.
The projected financial shortfall, combined with costly unfunded
mandates, will lead to layoffs, program reductions, and
potential property-tax increases.
FULL
STORY
Click here to view board
members' presentation on the need for mandate relief.
Proposed budget includes $750,000 reserve fund allocation
POSTED: March 8, 2010
The preliminary 2010-11 budget presented to the Board of
Education March 4 calls for a transfer of $750,000 from the
district’s fund balance to close the state revenue gap and to
help reduce the tax levy.
As part of the budget presentation, Assistant Superintendent for
Business Lorelei Case provided a
detailed
analysis of how the annual application of reserve
fund money effects district finances.
Link to Presentation on Fund Balance
Planning (PDF)
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Preliminary Spending Plan for 2010-11
Budget includes close to $1 million in cuts
POSTED: March 5, 2010
The
preliminary 2010-11 budget presented to the Board of
Education March 4 is far more optimistic than what’s being
forecasted by most New York school districts.
While the district is preparing to make close to $1 million in
cuts, unlike many other school communities, Port Jervis won’t
need to make drastic staff or program cutbacks to cover the
projected loss of state aid revenues.
The $59,464,574 budget includes the elimination of three current
elementary teaching positions through attrition, the reduction
of summer school and BOCES services, and cutbacks to athletic,
student, and technology supplies. The proposed cuts, combined
with over $500,000 in cost saving initiatives, represent a
decrease in spending of 2.42 percent or $1.4 million over the
current year.
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Preliminary 2010-11 Budget
(PDF - Presented 3/4/10)
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School Board members lobby legislators for aid
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Preliminary 2010-11 Budget
(PDF - Presented 3/4/10)
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Presentation on Fund Balance Planning
(PDF)
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