Annual Budget For the fiscal year 2007/08 School District No. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon Portland Public Schools Cover Photo: Rosa Parks Elementary School 8960 N. Woolsey, Constructed in 2006 Portland Public Schools Nondiscrimination Statement Portland Public Schools recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups and their roles in society. All individuals and groups shall be treated with fairness in all activities, programs and operations, without regard to age, color, creed, disability, mari- tal status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. Board of Education Policy 1.80.020-P This page intentionally left blank. 2007/08 School District No. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon Table of Contents for this Section Section I - Introductory Information Superintendent’s Proposed Budget Message ...........................................................................................3 Citizen Budget Review Committee Report ...............................................................................................7 Finance, Audit & Operations Committee Report ......................................................................................9 School Staffing Formula School Staffing Formulas ..........................................................................................................12 Special Education and ESL/Bilingual Staffing .............................................................................15 Grants, Special Revenue & Title I ..............................................................................................15 Elementary School Staffing for General Fund and Title I .............................................................16 Middle School Staffing for General Fund and Title I ...................................................................18 High School Staffing for General Fund and Title I .......................................................................18 Footnotes..................................................................................................................................19 School District Map ..............................................................................................................................21 School Directory ..................................................................................................................................22 Strategic Planning Process ....................................................................................................................25 Overview Organizational Charts ................................................................................................................28 Board of Education ...................................................................................................................38 Employees ................................................................................................................................38 Student Enrollment ....................................................................................................................38 Budget Process ........................................................................................................................39 Budget Calendar ...................................................................................................................................41 Employee Salary Schedules Account Code Placement .........................................................................................................42 Administrators Salary Schedule (Principals, Asst. Principals, etc.) ..............................................43 Central Salary Grades and Ranges ............................................................................................43 Confidential Secretary Salary Schedule .....................................................................................44 Teachers Salary Schedule (PAT) and Substitute Teacher Salary Schedule ...................................45 Classified PFTCE Salary Schedules ..........................................................................................46 Classified DCU Salary Schedules ..............................................................................................49 Salary Schedule for Maintenance Workers ................................................................................50 SEIU Employees Local 530 Salary Schedules (Nutrition Services) ............................................53 SEIU Employees Local 530 Salary Schedule for Custodians .....................................................55 Understanding and Using Program Codes and Descriptions ...................................................................56 Program Codes and Descriptions based on ODE’s Chart of Accounts ...................................................57 Account Codes and Descriptions based on ODE’s Chart of Accounts ...................................................66 Introductory Information This page intentionally left blank. 2007/08 School District No. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon Superintendent’s Budget Message PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS 501 North Dixon Street / Portland, OR 97227 Jim Scherzinger Telephone: (503) 916-3200 / Fax: (503) 916-3110 Dr. Vicki Phillips,Superintendent PhD Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3107 / 97208-3107 Superintendent Email: [email protected] OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT February 12, 2007 To the Portland Public Schools Board of Education, I am pleased to deliver to the Portland Board of Education and the entire Portland Public Schools community a proposed budget that – for the first time in more than a decade – does not propose sweeping budget cuts to our schools. Thanks to the Oregon Legislature’s reauthorization of our gap funding, and more importantly, Portland’s strong vote last November for the local option, we are facing several years of budget stability. We deeply appreciate the support from our legislators, our voters, our employees and our tireless parent advo- cates who worked so hard to pass the five-year local option. This would be a much different budget without them! And the work continues. Portland Public Schools has joined the Education Coalition to ask the Oregon Legislature to pass a budget for 2007-09 that includes $6.3 billion for K-12 education. That figure is higher than the Governor’s December budget proposal, but one that many legislators and the Governor have said they could support as the state economy continues to grow. We will continue to join the broad coalition of schools advocates to support a $6.3 billion State School Fund, and this PPS budget I present today is based on that figure. While still tight, the proposed budget offers hope as we deliver on our five-year Strategic Plan. I believe the stable funding will allow us to continue to increase student achievement from elementary grades through high school. And leveraging our staff in new and creative ways, we will take the first steps toward ensuring all of our students a well-rounded and enriched curriculum that includes wellness, music and the arts. With this budget, we will support more students with vital counseling services and will offer teachers greater professional develop- ment opportunities to work with colleagues to improve their practice. It also continues and increases support for targeted strategies proven to help our students learn and teachers educate. With stable finances, Portland Public Schools can move forward on the promise made in our Strategic Plan – that every student by name will meet or exceed academic standards and will be fully prepared to make produc- tive life decisions. We can do it, one step at a time. Staffing our schools to offer enrichment, professional development and counseling The majority of our budget goes directly to pay the employees who work directly with our students daily in our schools. Each school receives teaching staff based on the number of students enrolled over the past calendar year: 1 licensed teaching position for every 23.5 students in elementary, middle and K-8 schools, and 1 teaching position for every 22.7 students in high school. Thanks to the local option, we are able to preserve almost 400 teaching positions, and will maintain the same staffing ratios as in the last budget. That is not to say that every school will have exactly the same number of teachers as during the 2006-07 school Introductory Information - 3 2007/08 School District No. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon Superintendent’s Budget Message year. Some schools are growing in enrollment – either by attracting more neighborhood residents or by adding grades – and some have seen their enrollment drop. In some cases declining enrollment means those schools will manage with fewer teachers next year, although during both the current year and next year we are working to buffer the staffing cuts from dropping enrollment. Although we are using the same ratios for core school staffing, this proposed budget invests in school staff in new ways to educate the whole child: • Enriching the curriculum. Next school year, every elementary and K8 student should receive at least three enrichment classes every week – whether art, music or PE. Research shows (and students, teachers and families agree) that enrichment classes motivate and inspire youth and support greater student achievement. Note that I said “at least,” not “at most.” Many of our schools already offer strong enrich- ment – and we expect them to continue, and to add offerings – but far too