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List of Possible Budget Solutions for 2011 -2012 Approved as of February 22, 2011 This list is not in priority order. 'Item 1 FTE Amount 1 Reduce District Funding for Barton Reading Program 064 $ 53,000 Currently, the District provides 5106K of support to fund a teacher position as well as an instructional assistant. This proposal would reduce District support by 150 %. 2 I Reduce High School Counseling Services j_ 1.0 $ 80,000 I Currently, the two comprehensive high schools are served by comprehensive 'counselors at a student to counselor ratio of approximately 468:1. This ratio provides for 5.5 FTE and 4.8 FTE at Amador High School and Foothill High School, respectively. This proposal would increase the student to counselor ratio to about 518:1 and reduce staffing by 0.5 FTE at each comprehensive high school. 'This proposal would NOT impact at -risk counseling services. In other words, each comprehensive high school would continue to be staffed with 0.8 FTE of at -risk counseling services. 3 Reduce Work Year for Management Personnel _ I $ 90,000 Over the past two years, management personnel have agreed to eight unpaid furlough days. This proposal represents an additional three unpaid furlough days, which brings the total number cf unpaid furlough days across three years to 11 days (NOT 11 days per year). 4 Reduce Middle School Counseling Services 1.5 $ 120,000 Currently, each middle school is served by 2.5 FTE counselors. This proposal would reduce staffing at each middle school by 0.5 FTE. 5 Secure Funds from the Regional Occupational Program - - $ 150,000 In the current year, the District secured $300K from the ROP funds to support the General Fund on a one -time basis as allowed through the Tier 3 Categorical Program Flexibility. This proposal would secure $150K of ROP funds on a one-time resulting in a total impact of $450K across two years (NOT $450K per year). 6 Reduce Site and District Office Classified Support Positions 4 0 $ 180,000 The classified support positions have not been determined. The positions will be identified by March 22, 2011. 7 Reduce Reading Specialists 4.5 $ 360,000 Currently, each elementary school is assigned 1.0 FTE Reading Specialist for a total of 9.0 FTE across the District. This proposal would reduce the number of 1 Reading Specialists by 50 %. 8 eliminate 9th Grade Class Size Reduction 5.0 $ 400,000 Currently, grade 9 classrooms for English and math are staffed at 25:1. This proposal would increase these class sizes to an average of 32 students per I classroom. As of 3/23/2011