The division has identified required expenditures that will have to be covered as part of the 2019-2020 budget. Those required expenditures will cost $2,178,901. They include:
- Teacher raises -$640,923
- 3 Guidance Counselors -$190,788
- Shared positions: Carrollton and Hardy; Smithfield and Windsor High; Windsor Elementary and Georgie Tyler Middle
- Special Education positions (15) -$410,874
- SSC/Service Solutions (custodial) contract -$116,599
- Debt service -$15,829
- Gifted tuition (Governor’s Schools) -$13,635
- PowerSchool (Student Information System)-$16,317
- Maintenance purchased services -$220,000
- Emergency Communication System -$58,412
- Technology purchased services -$40,750
- Electricity -$167,567
- Health insurance -$287,207
- All Required Expenditures listed above $2,178,901
- Supplemental pay increases (coaches, sponsors, extra duties) $192,230
- Support Staff Raises $87,500
Some of the items not included in proposed funding:
- High School Finance Teacher (provides additional face to face sections of Economics and Personal Finance
- Carrollton Elementary School STEM Teacher (reduces high resource class size)
- Hardy Elementary School STEM Teacher (provides equity with other schools)
- Westside Elementary School STEM Teacher (reduces high resource class size)
- Windsor Elementary Environmental Science Teacher (provides a specialized focus for students)
- Georgie Tyler/Windsor High ISS Teacher (makes the shared position a whole position for both schools, which will provide a more timely response to discipline matters)
- High School CTE Teacher (the location has not yet been designated; addresses increasing class sizes)
- WHS Math Teacher (reduces class size)
- GTMS 8th Grade Teacher (reduces class size)
- High School--½ Global Logistics Teacher (to begin offering the Global Logistics program/warehousing as part of the Career and Tech Ed redesign in IWCS)
- 2 Technicians for Technology (the number of devices throughout IWCS has increased annually, but the staff to manage those devices has not)
- WHS Instructional Materials $10,200 (funding for Drama, MakerSpace, and Robotics)
- WHS/SHS funding for all sophomores to take the PSAT
- Additional Maintenance Supplies $60,000
- Transportation $245,965 (to reduce “doubled up” runs when drivers are out, and to help with transporting small student teams/groups to events without encumbering a full size bus)
- 5 vans -$150,000
- 2 Part Time bus drivers -$21,160
- Full Time bus driver floater -$20,475
- Cost to move bus driver substitute to $13.50 -$15,380
- Purchased services -$10,000
- Materials and supplies -$28,950
Additional information can be found on the IWCS Budget Page
at https://www.iwcs.k12.va.us/apps/pages/budgetplanning
Making Your
Voice Heard
The Board of Supervisors will make the final decision on the
amount of funding appropriated for the school division. They don’t “fund” a specific project or
position, but they provide the overall funding for IWCS, and the division then decides
how to use the funding to support those needs.
They have not eliminated the STEM teachers, for example, but supporting
the County Administrator’s proposal would mean IWCS would not receive the
funding it needs to add those positions. It will be helpful to keep that in
mind when speaking to the BOS about additional funding.
There are two opportunities to speak on the proposed IWCS budget:
- April 18, 5:00 pm, at the Windsor Town Center, 23361 Courthouse Highway, Windsor, VA 23487
- This is a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors with a public comment period around 6:00 pm
- April 25, 6:00 pm, at the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, Courthouse Complex
- This is a Public Hearing on the county administrator’s proposed budget and the Capital Improvement Plan.
- This will be the last time to provide comments on the budget before it is voted on at the May 9 BOS meeting.
The IWCS Capital Improvement Plan approved by the School
Board includes funding for renovating and expanding Hardy Elementary, replacing
the Bus Garage, building a new elementary school in the northern end of the
county (when triggered by enrollment
increases), and an renovating Westside Elementary. Information on the IWCS Capital Improvement
Plan can be found on the IWCS website at https://www.iwcs.k12.va.us/apps/pages/planning
We hope to see, and hear from you, at these upcoming meetings. You need to make your voice heard about the budget. If you can't be there in person, have someone who will be there deliver a letter from you directly to all the supervisors. They need to fully understand the number of parents, community members, and employees who support the division's budget as presented. You need to let them know if there are things that should be funded that were not included in the county administrator's budget. Your voice does matter.
Thank you for
your support of Isle of Wight County Schools
