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Important Dates to Remember
Election Date Sat., March 27, 2010
Early Voting Starts Sat., March 13, 2010
Early Voting Ends Sat., March 20, 2010

What are the propositions?

Sales Tax Proposition – A 10-year,  ½ cent sales and use tax dedicated to continue providing a high-quality educational system and prepare students for a more technology-connected world, to include laptop program at WF High School and foreign language programs at elementary and middle schools.

Property Tax Proposition – A 10-year, 11-mill tax dedicated to continue to provide additional support for academic programs and activities for Pre-K through 12, to continue upgrading technology in grades Pre-K through 12 for all schools and to maintain and enhance school buildings and infrastructure.

How will it affect me?

Increase or Additional Taxes

Homes’ assessed value at  < $75,000.00  = 0
Homes’ assessed value at $100,000.00 = $ 27.50 per year
Homes’ assessed value at $200,000.00 = $137.50 per year
Homes’ assessed value at $300,000.00 = $247.50 per year

What's the status of the school system?

Accomplishments

  • Local School Board money has funded a Pre-K Program for the past twenty-five (25) years that is open to every 4 year old child in the parish at an annual cost of approximately $710,000.00.
  • We have been good stewards of our funds.
  • We have, for two years, continued to be academically competitive with districts that have much higher millage by supplementing out of our reserve fund balance and making other sacrifices.
  • In district accountability, we rank as high or higher than districts with much higher millage.
  • In 2007-2008, the School Board increased salaries so as to remain competitive with surrounding parishes in sustaining and hiring excellent educators

Financial Status

  • A $2 million operating deficit resulted in school year 2008-2009 due to the poor economy, decreases in state funding, increases in unfunded mandates from the state, depreciation of the local power plant, and a major plant closure. In order to balance the budget, those funds had to be taken out of our reserve.
  • To get the deficit down, in school year 2009-2010, this action was taken:

Twenty-one (21) positions were removed from the general fund, Title I fund and Idea B fund.  

Of the twenty-one, fifteen (15) positions were cut; three (3) were moved to stimulus funding (this funding will go away in school year 2011- 2012) and three (3) positions held by retirees were not filled.

20% across-the-board cuts were made in all departments, except transportation and 30% in non-instructional areas. This resulted in a $1.8 million cut.

The cost for group health benefits for employees rose an additional $234,000.00.

 

 

 

 


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