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South Range Local School District 2016 Annual Report Dear South Range Community, continue to grow as a staff and district. start of the new school year. The increase in student enrollment has permitted the A demanding but extremely productive We also pursued initiatives designed to district to forecast a positive ending school year has drawn to a close. This has enhance opportunities for our students balance for the next three years. been a very good school year for the including before and after care program, South Range School District Family! restoring elementary music for 2016/2017 The positive fiscal balance has enabled Congratulations to the Class of 2016 as and the implementation of core teams the district to restore the full time they received their diplomas during relative to strategic planning. elementary music position for the 2016/2017 school year. As we prepare commencement exercises on May 28, To better engage community, we have for the 2016/2017 school year, a number 2016. We wish the very best to our latest worked hard to build stronger of programming needs will be discussed alumni and thank the class for their communications with our community and considered over the next several contributions to the school district and leaders and others to advocate in support months as we begin the process of community. of strategies to increase student strategic planning for the present and As our students launch into summer achievement and sustainable funding for future needs of our district. break, it is customary to finalize planning schools. In addition, we strove to for the 2016/2017 school year. Despite enhance our communication with the January 5, 2016 witnessed the installation planning for the new school year it is also business community, support of two (2) new board members, Mr. John fitting to take a moment or two to reflect organizations and our parents. Kuhns and Mr. Corey Yoakam. Mrs. Amy White was also re-elected and was given on how far we have come and where we Across the district, we’ve worked on the oath of office during the are headed. improving efficiency and reducing organizational meeting. Mr. Ralph Wince This past year we set our sights on some costs. The Treasurer’s office was able to and Mr. Dale Murray round out a great challenging board of education goals in refinance the 2007 bonds for the board of education whom deeply care the areas of student achievement and construction of the K-12 Complex and will about students, staff and our community. college and career readiness, program save the district $1.7 million in scheduled restoration, resource management, bond payments over the next nineteen The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) strategic planning and community (19) years. Statewide Open Enrollment released the District and Building Report engagement. In spite of the challenges of has steadily increased over the past three Card for 2014/2015 this spring. Our capacity classes, fewer supports and years and the 2016/2017 school year is no Performance Index (PI) results ranked in reduced services, we have focused on exception. We will welcome the top 20% in the state and what matters most—ensuring our approximately three hundred (300) open demonstrated that our students are students are learning and that we enrollment students in grades K-12 for the achieving at high levels. Cont... Superintendent’s Message The overall progress (value added) of our visitors, students, faculty and volunteers. welcome addition to our school complex students’ achievement has also improved Visitors wishing to access the K-12 and was funded in part by the 2007 bond in all categories as defined by the ODE. It Complex will be asked to scan their issue. Ground was broken on June 3rd to is important to note that the 2015/2016 driver’s license prior to gaining entry into install a new artificial turf surface for report card will be released in September the complex. In addition, all staff athletic teams, band members and 2016. Performance measures, members will be wearing photo students to utilize. This improvement is achievement component, progress identification badges effective for the the first of four phases of construction. component, graduation rate component, 2016/2017 school year as a means of The next three (3) improvements will be gap closing component, K-3 literacy identifying all individuals in the K-12 done in phases as funds become available. component and prepared for success complex. Phases of construction will include components will be included in this bleachers, band shell, scoreboard, lighting, A capital fund raising campaign committee upcoming report card. All the information plaza entrance, ticket booths, parking, led by many caring community members relative to the 2014/2015 district report concessions and restrooms. was organized last year and has been card can be accessed on the ODE site at actively involved in securing the necessary This initiative will not use any board of education.ohio.gov. funds to construct a new athletic complex. education funds/tax dollars to complete School safety is also a vital piece to the The capital fund raising committee has the necessary phases of construction. teaching and learning process. Each and worked closely with the board of The South Range Athletic Boosters and the every year the district staff and students education to gain approval for South Range Schools Foundation have prepare and practice for a variety of improvements to the Rominger Sports contributed to making Phase I a reality. incidences that could potentially happen Complex and has been involved in the The turf project is anticipated to be on any school campus. The purpose of the schematic design, development and the complete by the start of the 2016/2017 South Range Local Schools Emergency first phase of the construction project. As school year. Many thanks to both Operations Plan (School EOP) is to provide many are aware, the complex currently organizations and those individuals that information on how to respond to has an eight lane all- weather track and a have contributed to the organizations who emergency incidents by outlining the grass competition athletic field for soccer helped to make this project possible. responsibilities and duties of South Range and middle school football. The In closing, a sincere thanks to the parents, Local Schools and its employees. This plan infrastructure to support spectators is community members and support has been customized to meet the specific extremely limited and improvements are organizations that continue to do amazing and unique needs, capabilities and necessary to accommodate varsity events. things for our students, staff, school circumstances found at our school. Our The ultimate goal is to construct a stadium district and community in terms of safety committee meets frequently and at the complex to accommodate volunteering their time, energy and continuously updates our district wide interscholastic middle school and high resources to help make our school district plan. The key component to our safety school sports, as well as band shows and and surrounding communities a better plan is to communicate the plan to our music events. This facility will be a great place. students and staff and practice their resource for the entire South Range interoperable skills through drills and Community to utilize. As always, I am available to answer any exercises to ensure the strategies in place questions or listen to any concerns, ideas Those passing by The Rominger Sports provide for an effective crisis response or thoughts that will benefit our school Complex may have noticed two significant and collaborative recovery. district. Thanks for making the 2015/2016 construction projects taking place over the school year a “Great Year to be a Raider.” We will continue our K-12 visitor past several months. The first project was management system by utilizing the the construction of our 2,500 square foot Sincerely, Raptor system. The system instantly bus garage. The addition of the bus Dennis J. Dunham screens out registered sex offenders from garage will enable our staff to service our Superintendent the campus while manages custody issues, bus fleet on site. The bus garage is a Finance $ Financial Outlook for South Range Schools $ Mr. Jim Phillips, Treasurer/CFO South Range Schools YEAR END BALANCES: The South Range Local School District’s five year forecast is showing positive year-end balances through Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19). There is a relatively small deficit in FY20 of $128,740 given the current assumptions listed in the “Assumptions” section of the forecast. The forecast can be accessed on the Ohio Department of Education website, the Auditor of the State of Ohio website or in the South Range BOE office. The five year forecast is a snapshot in time given the current operational costs and current funding instruments. Because Ohio law prohibits school districts from actually operating with a deficit, we know that we would have to take action to reduce expenses so that the $128,740 deficit does not happen in 2020. In schools that have taken all the cost reduction steps that South Range has taken in the past five or six years, programing curricular and/or extracurricular activities would be the primary method to reduce expenditures. There have been no new general operating levies at South Range Schools since 2004, and there are no plans at this time to ask for additional tax dollars. A time will eventually come when South Range constituents will have to make a choice between program reductions or additional support. The relatively strong financial forecast is a result of significant cost reductions over the past several years coupled with open enrollment revenue generation since FY14. REVENUE vs. EXPENDITURES: Line 6.010 of the South Range Five Year Forecast illustrates that South Range will be spending more than it brings in beginning in FY18 given the current assumptions.