Ferdinand von Muench, on looking at the three "What If" documents of the previous post, asks questions for each of them:
FINANCES
1) Is it fair to say that excepting incentive aid (which decreases over time and runs out after 12 years) a combined school district would incur nearly as much in additional transportation cost ($ 640.000/year) as it would save in instructional and administrative staffing cost ($ 720.000/year) – i.e., that in the long run we would perhaps save a little money but would mostly be shifting resources from education to transportation?
2) The Governor’s budget proposal for 2013/14 includes a 10% cut in the line for operating reorganization incentive (page 8 of the PDF). How might such a cut (or similar cuts in the future) affect the financial picture of a school district merger?
3) State aid has recently been volatile and affects districts differently. How would a 1% cut in state school aid affect the current and the projected future budgets of the two districts?
4) Studies show that after a merger the real estate values of the wealthier previously independent district typically decline. Has this been factored into the projected financial picture?
5) Is it true that the former Hamilton School District would contribute roughly 60% of locally generated tax dollars, and the former Morrisville/Eaton School District roughly 60% of the students, to a merged district?
TRANSPORTATION
6) What are the current and the projected future number of transportation miles per district and per student?
7) What are the current and the projected future amounts of fuel for transportation?
8) How would a price increase of 10 cents per gallon of fuel affect the current and tbe projected future transporation budgets?
9) NYS transportation aid has been trending downwards. How would a 1% cut in state transportation aid affect the budgets of the current and projected future districts?
10) The document states that "the goal is to reduce the current longest ride of a child on bus which is about 75 minutes." What is the current average time on the bus in each of the two districts, and what would it be in a future district? And how many kids who can now walk or bike to school would have to take a bus in the new district?
PROGRAMMING
11) How would a middle school day that ends at 3:30 in Morrisville affect the ability of middle school students to participate in extracurricular activities together with high school students (e.g., JV teams, musical actitivites etc.), since the high school day would end at 2:30?
1) Is it fair to say that excepting incentive aid (which decreases over time and runs out after 12 years) a combined school district would incur nearly as much in additional transportation cost ($ 640.000/year) as it would save in instructional and administrative staffing cost ($ 720.000/year) – i.e., that in the long run we would perhaps save a little money but would mostly be shifting resources from education to transportation?
2) The Governor’s budget proposal for 2013/14 includes a 10% cut in the line for operating reorganization incentive (page 8 of the PDF). How might such a cut (or similar cuts in the future) affect the financial picture of a school district merger?
3) State aid has recently been volatile and affects districts differently. How would a 1% cut in state school aid affect the current and the projected future budgets of the two districts?
4) Studies show that after a merger the real estate values of the wealthier previously independent district typically decline. Has this been factored into the projected financial picture?
5) Is it true that the former Hamilton School District would contribute roughly 60% of locally generated tax dollars, and the former Morrisville/Eaton School District roughly 60% of the students, to a merged district?
TRANSPORTATION
6) What are the current and the projected future number of transportation miles per district and per student?
7) What are the current and the projected future amounts of fuel for transportation?
8) How would a price increase of 10 cents per gallon of fuel affect the current and tbe projected future transporation budgets?
9) NYS transportation aid has been trending downwards. How would a 1% cut in state transportation aid affect the budgets of the current and projected future districts?
10) The document states that "the goal is to reduce the current longest ride of a child on bus which is about 75 minutes." What is the current average time on the bus in each of the two districts, and what would it be in a future district? And how many kids who can now walk or bike to school would have to take a bus in the new district?
PROGRAMMING
11) How would a middle school day that ends at 3:30 in Morrisville affect the ability of middle school students to participate in extracurricular activities together with high school students (e.g., JV teams, musical actitivites etc.), since the high school day would end at 2:30?
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