I'd say reducing team staffs (and therefore stipends) would help, except how many teachers do you lose by doing that? I imagine a not small percentage of coaches only teach because it's part of coaching.
And coach more than one sport (Baseball) or two levels of football (Varsity/JV)? And do they teach?B-1 83 said:Our local varsity football team alone has 7 coaches.aggiehawg said:
How about cutting admin staff and coaching staff instead of librarians? Would seem to me there would be even bigger savings by doing that.
Most assistant coaches teach. Usually just the head guy, maybe the coordinators in some schools, might not or they teach PE.bigjag19 said:
I'd say reducing team staffs (and therefore stipends) would help, except how teachers do you lose by doing that? I imagine a not small percentage of coaches only teach because it's part of coaching.
I could probably think of a lot better ways to reduce the budget. Would be nice if more people used the libraries but that would take a fundamental change in our educational system geared towards learning, not social engineering.Funky Winkerbean said:https://www.khou.com/article/news/education/cy-fair-isd-librarians-fired/285-1cfbf408-b71b-4471-aca2-c8e17c238072Quote:
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas The third largest district in Texas is cutting dozens of its librarians.
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD confirmed that it's cutting 50 librarian positions. Those cuts were made official in an email sent after business hours.
The librarians we spoke with said they woke up to an email letting them know they were without a job. As you can imagine, they were heartbroken and nervous about what's next for them.
Apparently the new superintendent doesn't like being over budget. Good to see someone taking action on the problem.
B-1 83 said:Sure! 5 or 6 classes a day of physics, and with a stipend to boot! I suspect there are better bang for the buck teachers out there.akm91 said:But do they teach in addition to coach?B-1 83 said:Our local varsity football team alone has 7 coaches.aggiehawg said:
How about cutting admin staff and coaching staff instead of librarians? Would seem to me there would be even bigger savings by doing that.
They had 3 years to figure this out but waited un the the funding was eliminate?Quote:
Federal stimulus funding eliminated which offset budget shortage last 3 cycles runs out in September
aezmvp said:
Someone should FOIA the salaries of all administrative staff for the district. Bet you'd find some cost savings. Also should the ISD be putting out propaganda pieces? I'd have questions.
Today, a group of bi-partisan members of the Texas House who represent Cy-Fair ISD sent a letter to TEA requesting that surplus funds be used to help fix a budgetary shortfall.#txlege pic.twitter.com/vsJpSl4WCQ
— Tom Oliverson, M.D. (@TomOliverson) May 6, 2024
"Surplus funds". Also known as too much money taken from taxpayers because taxes are too high.G-Town Cracker said:Today, a group of bi-partisan members of the Texas House who represent Cy-Fair ISD sent a letter to TEA requesting that surplus funds be used to help fix a budgetary shortfall.#txlege pic.twitter.com/vsJpSl4WCQ
— Tom Oliverson, M.D. (@TomOliverson) May 6, 2024
Tea Party said:"Surplus funds". Also known as too much money taken from taxpayers because taxes are too high.G-Town Cracker said:Today, a group of bi-partisan members of the Texas House who represent Cy-Fair ISD sent a letter to TEA requesting that surplus funds be used to help fix a budgetary shortfall.#txlege pic.twitter.com/vsJpSl4WCQ
— Tom Oliverson, M.D. (@TomOliverson) May 6, 2024
And the "budget shortfall" is based on Covid spending ending when there was a lot of handouts from big gov. Remove the additional Covid spending and they are where they should be budget wise.
CFISD wants to keep the bigger budget thus removing any option for taxpayers getting relief later.
So based upon the numbers by in that mailer earlier in the thread, there are 90+ campuses and 118K students.Big_Time_Timmy_Jim said:
Highlights from Superintendent's email..
- projected $138 Million deficit for 24-25
- attendance down since 2019, costing CFISD $15M annually
- attendance down cause losing pandemic funds
- Poor CFISD, we lose $63M annually to homestead exemptions
- State increased school safety allotment from $1.04M to $2.3M but CFISD safety/security costs are $51M annually.
- Special Ed funding from State is $88M, actual costs $138.5M
- Record inflation since 2019 of 19%, CFISD hasn't asked for an increase
- Federal stimulus funding eliminated which offset budget shortage last 3 cycles runs out in September
- We need more time to figure it out, need state to pay our deficit now
- laying groundwork for tax increase, but won't help till 25-26, when it'll be twice as bad
- this is tip of the iceberg, next year will be worse