BOE Meeting Schedule 4/27
Final Budget 2020-2021
School Year
Mackey Pendergrast
Superintendent of Schools
BOE Meeting April 2020
August 25th: Gov. Murphy Revised Budget including school aid
Post August 25th: Morris School District Budget and Program Revisions
PreK -- State Aid $6,600,000
General Ed Aid $7,400,000
Total $14,000,000
Budget Planning in an Era of Uncertainty
Morris School District
….1 Budget
Education is our Mission
Morris School District
Equity & Inclusion
Action Plan
Promoting lifelong success for each student
Final Budget 2020-2021
School Year
Mackey Pendergrast
Superintendent of Schools
BOE Meeting April 2020
Targeted & Purposeful Technology Integration
PreK by the Numbers
2020-21:
525
3 & 4 Yr. old students will attend PK for Free
$6,600,000 granted to MSD Annually
42
PK Classrooms
Increase of $540,000 for transportation
Maintenance Improvements
Gym Sound
Panels (AV)
Retaining Wall
(HC)
Stage Curtains
(WD)
Univents
(District Wide)
Carpet
Replacement
(District Wide)
PK-5 = $ 785k
FMS = $ 80k
MHS = $ 133k
Chimney
Repointing
(NP)
Replacement
Doors
(District Wide)
Paving
(District Wide)
Capital Projects�
Capital Reserve $3.3M
MHS Turf and Track Replacement
$1.4M
Security Vestibules
$644K
LLC Parking Lot Expansion
$ 238K
MHS Transition Skills Room Redesign $253K
AH Partial Roof Replacement $759K
We are adding three additional counselors to our MHS counseling program in order to better meet the needs of our students.
However, note we accomplished this through reorganization and it represents only one additional position in our budget.
A few budget details
Revenues- Funding Sources
Expenditures- Expenses
Administrative Expense
2020-2021
Annual Debt Payment as % of Annual Budget
0%
2.6% Increase on Tax Levy
The tax cap is a restriction of a BOE's ability to raise taxes because if a BOE needs to go above a 2% increase it needs to get an affirmative vote from its public the following November.
The tax cap law contains several adjustments that give a Board of Education the automatic power to increase taxes above 2.0%. These adjustments are: 1) Health benefits 2) Emergencies 3) Debt service 4) Enrollment Growth
If a district does not use its tax cap adjustments in one year, the adjustments can be saved for three years as "Banked Cap." The possibility of saving tax authority as "Banked Cap" means that several years of 2.0% increases might be followed by a larger increase as a BOE then can use its "banked cap" taxing authority.
Morristown
Morris Township
$354,790
$560,500
1.4657 PER $100
1.1444 PER $100
Tax Impact
Based on Jan ‘20 Assessed Value
(As Amended by Tax Court Appeals)
Impact per month:
+$13.08
Impact per month:
-$2.75
-$33
+$157
“Price is what you pay.
Value is what you get.”
Warren Buffett
Morris School District Elementary Schools
Strong Student Academic Achievement
Whole Child Environment
Flourishing Music, Arts & Sciences Programs
Each Student Belongs!
2019 NJSLA Results
+ 30.7%
+ 34.7%
+ 50.7%
+ 24.7%
+ 29.1%
+ 44.4%
+ 27.5%
FMS
Dream It
Plan It
Achieve It
Investment in Student Participation & Social Capital
MHS STEM Academy
STEM Curricular/Extracurricular Programs
Academy Learning Model
Faculty Experts
Blended Technology Learning Environment
Building Facilities & Learning Spaces
Professional Connections
Post-Secondary Partnerships
HUMANITIES ACADEMY
Learning to Serve by Innovating Together
MHS Math Team
#1 in Morris County 2019 & 2020
#5 in New Jersey out of 188 High Schools
NJ Mathematics League Competition
#1 West Windsor North HS
#2 Princeton International HS
#3 High Tech HS
#4 West Windsor South HS
#5 Morristown High School
#6 Watchung Hills HS
#7 Livingston HS
#8 Union County Magnet HS
#9 Montclair HS
#10 Newark Academy
2019 NJ Science League Competition
Morristown High School
6 Foxy Award Nominations
for The Miracle Worker!
Something for Everyone
@ MHS
Longitudinal AP Results
Some of the colleges our 2020 graduates will be attending next fall ...
2020-2021 Budget
Morris School District
Update
April 27, 2020
Teachers, Counselors, Staff Administrators
Phase I
NJSLA Testing, AP Testing, ACT/SAT etc.
March 13th: Date of Closure
85-90% Through Academic Curriculum
Don’t make this mistake...
Phase II & III:
Zeroing in on high-quality learning
List of online activities
Authentic learning experiences
VS
Lesson Design
Learning Organization
1) Reassert our values and be transparent with the community about what is guiding our decision-making
2) Create a plan based on those values, and
3) Pause for 360 feedback and test assumptions
4) Refine our strategies and keep moving forward
End of Year Ceremonies
Thank You