2. Key District Data
11.4 Sq.Miles
4 Schools (2 ES, 1 MS, 1 HS)
1 Administration Building
1600 Students
• Poverty at 30%
• ELL supporting transition from 26
different languages
260 Employees
2014-15 Budget: $32 million
Neighboring districts: Allentown, Bethlehem Area, Saucon Valley,
Southern Lehigh, East Penn, Parkland
3. Key Financial Data
Tax Base:
• 79.5% Residential
• 17.8% Commercial
• 0.8% Industrial
• 1.9% Other
Aid ratio - 37.49%
Largest employer in the LV - Lehigh
Valley Health Network - resides in
Salisbury, yet pays minimal taxes.
4. 2014-15 Revenues
Local - 80.9% ($25.8 million)
State - 18.3% ($5.9 million)
Federal - 0.8% ($0.3 million)
5. 2014-15 Local Tax Increase
3.4% - approximately $150
increase on the average
assessed real estate value
Ranked #3 in Lehigh County for
millage rate
6. Impact Since 2009
• Middle Level World Languages
(Grades 6 & 7)
• Field Trips
• Athletics
• Athletic and Band Uniforms
• Custodial/Maintenance Support
• Office Support
• Librarian
7. Programmatic Advancements
• Renovated/expanded High School
• Digital School District (1:1 in grades
K-12)
• Full-day Kindergarten (2015-16)
• Response to Instruction and
Intervention (RtII)
• Curriculum
• HS Media Series/TV Studio
• Additional electives in Computer
Science, English, Social Studies
• Alignment to PA Core
• Online Learning (VAST)
8. Mandate - Transportation
• Transport to 49 schools (Salisbury,
private, parochial and charter)
• Transportation to private, parochial
and charter schools adds
$500,000 to the 2015-16
proposed budget.
9. Mandate - Charter School Tuition
• 59 total students in charter and
cyber charter schools for 2014-15
• Budgeting $902,000 in the
proposed 2015-16 budget.
• All students could re-enter
Salisbury at no additional costs
10. Mandate - PSERS
• Employer Rate for 2015-16 - 25.84%
• Impact on 2015-16 Budget -
$3.6 million
11. Mandate - Special Education
• Anticipated revenue from federal and
state resources for 2015-16 -
$1.1 million
• Anticipated expenditures for 2015-16
- $5.9 million
• Anticipated amount covered by local
effort in 2015-16 — $4.8 million