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Earnhardt I realize you are trying to pin me in a corner and before you fact check understand where I got the nearly 1.6million.
1.1 million estimated as the revenue from the tax ref.
$400,000 I believe this is what it is Buddy posted $330k I couldn't find the breakdown last night. Some of us work and I just got in from a trip on the road. I will look at today to clarify.
$80,000 teacher stipend
So at the figures I posted that's $1.58 million based on the number Buddy posted that's $1.51 million. That is of course the tax ref passes. Thank you for fact checking me.
No problem at all.
The school district is looking for an additional $2.19 million to fully fund the schools per Dr. Griffin's request. What you also have to keep in mind is whether the state funds will stay constant. I see almost no chance that the NC general assembly will send to Stanly County more money for education. If anything, you will see either the same amount or a reduction in the amount that has been sent this past few years. Looking at the numbers, you will probably not see a decrease of funds more than $300,000, which would basically take away the one time "gift" from the County Commissioners.
Keep in mind that the $331,000 is a one time "gift" that the schools cannot be expecting annually. In fact, it will affect one fiscal year and not multiple years. So if the tax referendum passes, you will see a certain increase of revenues that has been estimated around $1.1 million. If you subtract the $1.1 million in anticipated additional sales tax revenues and subtract it from $2.19 million requested by Dr. Griffin, you are still seeing a $1.09 million dollar shortfall from Dr. Griffin's 2015-16 budget request. Should the NC General Assembly cut the allotment from Stanly County, that number will grow.
Endy Elementary should be the model for the rest of the county. It is a well run school and their test scores show the growth in their population regardless of how you compare.
News flash you always ask for more than what you need. Dr. Griffin is a smart lady and she knew that she would not get that or be able to. Not saying he asked for a million more but you get an increase of $1.1million over what you already have to invest in new curriculum. Maybe not the 2.19 but it's an increase.
But if you think that Dr. Griffin was expecting the full amount you are crazy.
In regards to the state, I actually think those funds will decrease as this state is in love with the charters. There will be more charters and less funding for traditionals, unfortunately. This will put more of the funding burden for our local schools on the communities.
I disagree. Everything she has asked for is very well detailed in her budget proposal. Superintendents know that they can lose instant credibility if they add "fluff" to their budget. The increase is significant with the fact the request would require the County to spend approximately 12 million dollars as compared to the 9.6 million spent last year (if I recall right, the budget anticipates about a $200,000 decrease in state funding). However, if you compare this number to the amount the state has cut from the school system's allotment, it isn't that big of an increase. The school system has literally had to do more with less. The burden falls on the teachers and the coaches to spend out of pocket costs for supplies that isn't in the budget.
This is the time for Stanly County to make a statement that they really do care about a quality education.
I don't know. I do know that my son transferred there when I changed jobs...and they have challenged him to reach his potential. That is the definition of a good staff in my opinion. Nothing against his former school, but Endy expected much more...and got it.Sleeh quick question. Isn't the principal at endy the one who used to be at AHS?
As information the principle at Endy is Karen Nixon and I'm pretty sure was at Albemarle before Mrs. Morton.
Man the two things that really jump out at you are the difference in teachers salaries and coaching stipends. Big Difference.
There are certainly differences in coaching supplements. Stanly Co is pathetic when it comes to taking care of coaches. However, poor research by BD Nation in finding the figures for differences in starting teaching salaries. Teacher salaries are state, not county based so the research showing 24k is incorrect. Counties do give a local supplement normally based on differences in cost of living or working conditions so Cabarrus, CMS, Union, etc will obviously have to provide more additional money than counties like Stanly & Montgomery. That's not necessarily more money in the teachers pocket at the end of the month.
I just looked up some info and found some interesting information. I compared the county schools (since they are their own school districts I just combined this info to matchup with what we have here) to our schools here funding wise. I fully expected to see their schools combined be well above what our schools here are. I was wrong. Below are the stats:
CCS Schools:
Total students 8,000
SCS
Total Students 9,000
CCS
Total Operating Budget $69,000,000
SCS
Total Operating Budget $76,000,000
** I believe this latest figure I seen was around $72,000,000 correct me of
I am wrong here
CCS
Per student spending avg $9,200
SCS
Per student spending $8900 (just over that again correct me if I am wrong)
Teacher starting salary:
CCS $39,000
SCS $24,000
Coaching stipend basketball (I just know this) a difference of about $2100 in stipends.
I thought this was interesting. My assumption was those schools were well funded and had more funding than SCS. And two of these schools are rated extremely high on performance the other two are right behind them.
No Clinton county schools.
In our discussion nation, I provided some basic details that listed that the state of Ohio funded a higher percentage than NC. That was my main point as was comparing a system in NC to an out of state system. Use school systems in NC that have a similar population and also use ones with similar enrollments to get a better snapshot.
The starting teacher salary in Stanly cannot be correct.
Can you link to where the numbers came from for both Clinton County Ohio and Stanly County NC?
http://febp.newamerica.net/k12/NC/3704320. This the easiest site to use I believe I went to a couple of others and the numbers lined up fairly closely.
Wilmington City Schools
Blanchester local schools
East clinton local schools
Clinton massie local schools
Are the 4 school districts in clinton county.
For the most part NC school systems fall under one county unless it is a city school system that comes under more than one county. Kannapolis is one example and I think there are a few others in NC. I have found in many states where there are multiple school systems in a county they often overlap county borders. That is another issue that throws off comparisons.
Do schools in states with very strong Parochial schools need to spend more to be competitive for the students?
In the last 7 years, millions of families have gone from self-supporting to "below the poverty level". Millions more on food stamps, millions more on free lunch. It is sad that 71 % are in that position, but that also reflects the lack of meaningful jobs in our area. Small business owners are less than 10% of the population. With so many "unskilled" laborers, I am not sure what we can expect in terms of change. I will say it is refreshing to see the TJ Max, Hobby Lobby growth in Albemarle. Hopefully, these new additions will add jobs to some good people in our county and tax revenue for our school system's effort to improve.