PTA Contributions for Staffing for 2021-2022 School Year

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February and March are the school and PTA budget seasons. The school begins their budget process when they receive projected enrollment numbers from the district – these projections dictate the number of staff allocated for 2021-22 and the total school budget. At the same time, the PTA drafts and approves our budget for next school year. Each year, this budget has included a contribution by the PTA to the school district to pay for additional staff salaries above what the district allocation provides. For example, for this current school year, the PTA contributed $210,550 for additional teachers and staff.

A quick note about how the PTA budget works:
The annual PTA budget consists of three main areas:
1) Planned fundraising goals to both support events & school support for the current school year and funding for a staff contribution for the following school year.
2) Projected expenses to support school events & school support for the current school year.
3) A planned contribution to pay for additional school staff for the next school year (in March, the PTA submits a staffing contribution check for the school year that will begin in September).

This year has been unprecedented, and our fundraising goals and abilities have had to shift as a result. Thanks to previous years of generous giving, the PTA had set aside a healthy “rainy day” fund to account for unanticipated events or decrease in fundraising. This means that we had enough in the account to cover a “standard” year of expenses – things like books and supplies for teachers, family and student support, and administrative expenses. We also have enough reserved to provide additional salary support for the 2021-22 school year at the same level as the past several years (equal to about 2.0 additional staff positions). However, this “rainy day fund” would then be spent and we will need to start from scratch to fund additional staff beyond the coming school year.

To help put the numbers into perspective, we spent $210,550 to support additional staffing at the school for this school year, 2020-2021. This supplemented district funding for the following positions:

These are big financial decisions (with real implications for school services). So that the PTA Board can understand the preferences of our community, please consider the following budget options: *

Option 1: Use the approximately $210,000 remaining funds to provide supplemental staff for this coming school year, 2021-2022. The exact supplemental staffing will be determined by the principal and building leadership team and would likely include some combination of Librarian, Nurse, Reading Specialist, Counselor, and Band.

Option 2: Contribute half of the existing funds, reserving half for the 2022-23 school year. This would result in significant differences in staffing for the next school year, though what that will actually be depends substantially upon the school district budget. (For example, we might not be assigned an Assistant Principal this coming school year as the district provides that position based on projected enrollment numbers calculated in June ).

Option 3: Fund one specific position for the next 2-4 years, depending on the position and salary of that position over time. For this option, please rank your preference for the position you would like to fund (Reading specialist, Librarian, Nurse, Band, or Counselor) .

If you chose Option 3, which position would you like to fund? *

Did not choose Option 3

Band

Counselor

Librarian

Nurse

Reading Specialist

NOTES

Note that none of these options prevents the PTA from fundraising to fund additional staff for future school years. Any money raised next year could help supplement staffing for 2022-23. However, realistically, it will be difficult to fund raise the over $200,000 it would take to maintain the additional staffing levels View Ridge has had for the past several years.

It is important to remember that these options are about positions, not the current person holding that position. Many of us might treasure their personal relationships with View Ridge staff. However, even with funding, there is no guarantee a specific staff member will continue at View Ridge from year to year.

Please access our recent document about our budget and fundraising located here: https://www.viewridgeschool.org/2021/02/budget-fundraising-2021/ Any further questions or comments to add?

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