The document provides information from a school board presentation on a proposed sales tax increase. It includes details on submitting questions during the presentation, expected revenue amounts from various sales tax rates, how the tax rate could be adjusted annually if passed, and how funds are currently allocated. It also addresses questions from attendees on topics like property taxes, the district's budget and surplus, unfunded mandates, and declining revenues.

1. January 2015

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At any time during the
presentation, you may
submit a question by
sending a text to 37607
which includes “ 111577 ”
followed by your question
or comment.
111577 Your question

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Ways to submit comments/questions
1. Text your comments/questions to 37607.
2. Complete and submit an index card.

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Resources
Sales Tax Proposal Overview
Financial Report
Human Resources
Action Steps
Academics
Student Enrollment/Growth
Accountability
PreK, K-4, 5-8 & High School
Technology
Operations
Construction
Athletics
Maintenance Costs
Child Nutrition Program

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8. 8
What is the expected revenue from the sales tax
increase?
AdditionalSalesTax

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Amount Additional Amount to be
Generated (Approx.)
¼ Cent $1,125,000
½ Cent $2,250,000
¾ Cent $3,375,000
1 Cent $4,500,000

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Could you please clarify, “up to one cent”
language used for the proposed tax?
If the board can adjust the tax, if passed,
between ¼ and 1 cent then what is the initial
plan by the board and when can/will it adjust?
SalesTaxProposal

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The passage of the March 28 sales tax
proposition authorizes the board to collect a
sales and use tax of up to an additional 1%.
With the approval of the board, the rate may be
adjusted on January 1, April 1, July 1 and
October 1 of each year.

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The superintendent will present a plan to the
school board for adoption upon passage of the
sales tax proposition.
The plan will recommend the board review the
sales tax rate in advance of January 1 deadline
considering factors including MFP amounts,
enrollment, retirement, and health insurance
rates.

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I believe you are presenting a skewed picture
when you talk about the sales taxes in other
school districts. None of those school districts
have the amount of property taxes that folks in
Zachary pay for schools.
CurrentTaxRates

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• ZCSB is currently collecting 2 cents
• 1 cent for General Operations
• 1 cent for General Operation/Education
Facilities. This 1 cent is not collected on
Food or Drugs
• W. Feliciana (3 cents), Central (2.5 cents),
EBR & Baker (2 cents)
Sales Tax

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Property Tax
Constitutional:
EBR collects 5.25 mills
Renewable:
EBR collects 38.2 mills
Collect ≈ $8 million
annually to pay it
down the bond debt
service
(building plan)
Rate Type of tax May be used for
5 mills Constitutional General Operations
38.2 mills Renewable General Operations
36 mills Bond Debt Service $129 million
Construction Program
Upon Completion

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If we pass the tax, and cap the limit, what
happens to our police and fire departments?
If EBR is proposing new tax increases and we
have a 10 percent cap, how does this affect us?
SalesTax

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Amount Taxing Entity
4 cents State
2 cents Zachary Community School Board
2 cents City of Zachary
1 cents Sewer
3 cent maximum is allowed by Louisiana Constitution for
school boards
2.5 cent maximum for City as defined by Louisiana
Constitution
City nor School Board affect each other’s maximum

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How often does the school receive sales tax revenue collected
by the Parish? Monthly?
What is the process for collection?
How do you compare to the budget projections for the same
period in the current fiscal year?
CurrentYearSalesTax

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Collection of Sales Tax Revenue:
Sales tax is collected and disbursed to the school board by
the Finance Department/Revenue Division of the City of
Baton Rouge and is recorded monthly
School Board receives three monthly advance payments of
$100,000; $66,500 and $38,000.
The balance of the sale tax due for the month is remitted to
the School Board two months later.
Current collections are compared to prior year and are used
to establish annual sales tax estimates for sales tax revenue
projections.

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MONTH 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
YTD
COLLECTIONS
JUL $906,171 $768,938 $783,230 $783,230
AUG $965,664 $755,410 $793,835 $1,577,065
SEP $751,442 $735,594 $951,110 $2,528,175
OCT $892,984 $754,414 $855,030 $3,383,205
NOV $1,269,824 $945,252 $779,595 $4,162,800
DEC $764,523 $964,500
JAN $703,184 $723,043
FEB $704,806 $768,883
MAR $782,329 $806,730
APR $808,300 $845,458
MAY $762,793 $813,131
JUN $765,033 $791,446
$10,077,053 $9,672,799 $4,162,800 $4,162,800

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Are you doing anything about the reassessment of
homes in Zachary?
If money is in the building fund, but not in the
operations fund, could that money be reapportioned
to avoid a tax increase?
Are you going to ask to raise the citizens’ of Zachary’s
property taxes once the sales tax is passed?
What is the amount of property tax received annually?
How heavily does the school system rely on those
taxes?
PropertyTax

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In response to feedback at the summer town
hall meetings concerning the property
assessment values, district officials met with the
Assessor to share the community's concerns in
early Fall 2014.
You will need to direct questions about
assessments to the East Baton Rouge Parish
Assessor's office.
http://www.ebrpa.org/
225-389-3920

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By law, funds being generated by the
construction property tax millage can only be
used to repay the bonds sold. Bond money
millage cannot be used for general operations.
We have no plans for an additional property tax.

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Do you have an actual qualified person to work
on a budget for the school system?
FinancialStaffQualifications

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Business Manager
Over 11 years with Zachary Community School District
15 years as business manager in Ascension Parish School System
18 years as legislative auditor
Bank auditor and finance specialist in United States Army
Accountant
B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University
Over 17 years of experience
Over 11 years with Zachary Community School District

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District administration
work in conjunction with
schools and submit
department budget
requests
Superintendent reviews
and prioritizes requests
Superintendent works
with division
administration to submit
draft budget to finance
committee
Finance committee
submits full budget to
board for approval
Budget is on public
review for 15 days prior
to full board approval

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Concern: Possible mismanagement of funds,
district should be audited
Where can we find detailed breakdown of
expenses and revenue?
Can we see the school specific expenses as
well?
Audit

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District maintains all financial records
for auditing purposes, and they are
available at the main office.
District is audited annually by an
independent certified accounting firm
(Postlethwaite & Netterville) in
accordance with state statute.
The Zachary Community School Board
has received an unqualified audit
opinion (highest ranking) for each of
the last 11 years.

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• Current budget, available online, is formatted in
accordance with the state coding system.
• 2014-15 General Fund Budget
• School and district expenses and revenues are
available from the business department.
• Board meetings and finance committee
meetings are open to the public.

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What will the 2015-16 budget look like with and
without the tax?
2015-16Budget

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With Tax
No cuts in programs/No reduction in force
The board would appropriate approximately $2
million to cover current general fund deficit
The board will review possible additional
expenditures
Health insurance
MFP (State’s deficit)
Mandates and guidance for the 15-16 SY
The budget will not include the entire amount
expected to be generated by additional tax.

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Without Tax
Eliminate positions through attrition (retirements
and resignations), i.e., employees not replaced
Review administration, support staffing & teacher
course load
Eliminate temporary teaching positions (1
year/semester only) and part-time positions
Implement Reduction in Force Policy if necessary

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According to the numbers that you published indicating
revenue and expenditures over the last 7 years, you should
have an excess of approximately $4.2 million. So where is this
$4.2 million?
Financial History

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At the end of each fiscal year, all excess funds go into the
school district's surplus.
Due to the structure of school budgeting, the amounts
indicated in the expenditure and revenue columns of the
chart do not include any operating transfers in or out of the
general fund.
In a typical budget year, this may include the amount
transferred out to supplement the Child Nutrition program,
amounts transferred in from grants, which fund indirect costs,
and other smaller transfers.
The transfers in total approximately $350,000 in indirect cost
over the 7 years, and transfers out to Child Nutrition total
approximately $3.7 million.

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School revenues have increased every year since the school
began operation. By the end of the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the
surplus had grown to about $22 million. In a little over one year,
the school board has either spent or budgeted the expenditure
of about $10 million of this surplus. Most of this amount was
allocated to one time expenditures such as additional
construction at Copper Mill and computer purchases. Only
about $3 million was used to balance the general operating fund
for the two fiscal years ending in 2014 and 2015.
With an estimated $12 million remaining in surplus at the end of
the current fiscal year, why does the school administration
believe they should grow this surplus with additional sales tax
revenue? What are the plans for this surplus?
Surplus

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Amount
• Good Stewards
• As a new school district, there was a goal to build the estimated 15%
recommended by the state for emergency funds
By end of 2006
$14.6 million
of the $22 million
Was collected in the first 3 years w/ growth
• awaiting buildings, larger class sizes, less programs which
equated to less operation costs and less salary costs;
• Hurricane Katrina and #1 Status: spike in sales tax
revenue, while awaiting the facilities to catch up with the
growth that was experienced as a new high performing
district
2006-2008
Approximately
$5 million
collected
• Continued major construction
• Continued to move kids out of T-Buildings and larger
class sizes

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Area Amount Notes
2014-2015
Construction
Completion
$5 million • Used to construct a gym and additional classroom
spaces for Art, Music, Foreign Language, Computer,
PE, Special Education at CME, not in the bond plan
• Building funds used first, allowed the general funds
intended to supplement the building plans (i.e.,
furniture, equipment and property) to remain in
the general fund /collect interest
2013-2014
2014-2015
Technology
$1.35 million Computer readiness for testing
No additional funds received, unfunded Mandate
Note: We froze our own computer replacement cycle 2
years prior because of financial outlook
2013-2014
2014-2015
Operating
Deficits
Approximately
$2 million
annually
• Operating deficits (including Child Nutrition
transfers)
• Amounts continue to increase
• Many measures taken and continue to be taken
• Board approved these funds with extensive look
into budget

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As a new school district we needed to save money.
In the early years there were 4 schools, now we have 8.
When construction began, it was clear that part of the surplus
would have to be used for facilities projects that did not have the
money in the construction budget.
The decision was made to leave these funds in the surplus during
bond sales to ensure the highest bond rating possible.
Initially there was $600,000 annually allocated to the computer
replacement cycle. When the budget got tight in 2009, the
$600,000 was eliminated and the replacement of computers was
drastically reduced.
We operated on very limited replacement cycle until the state
released Technology Readiness requirements for PARCC testing
which dictate a 5:1 student to computer ratio.

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What are the specific mandates both state and
federal that have been issued?
UnfundedMandates

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Employer mandated retirement contribution (Almost $4
million)
Technology Readiness (5 to 1 student to computer ratio
for required state online testing)
National Board Certification supplements ($5,000 per
employee)
Extended Sick Leave (FT employees eligible for 90 days
of additional sick leave at 65% of pay)
LEAP remediation
Compass Stipends

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Can you change retirement contributions, are
you considering doing so?
Wow, look at the increase in retirement! That
needs attention and creative alternative
solutions!
What impact does the retirement reduction in
costs have on the need for additional revenue?
Has it been factored into the need for additional
sales tax revenue?
Retirement

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Employer rates are set by legislature.
Rates affect all full-time employees, as well as some part-time
and substitutes.
In November 2014, the Public Retirement Committee met to
adopt and establish employer contribution rates for FY 2015-
2016
Favorable outcome of a 1.7% reduction in employer contribution
rates for the 2015-16 fiscal year (≈$500,000)
Though we remain hopeful this will begin a downward trend, we are
being very careful with making assumptions, as these rates are
determined each year.

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Entergy Corporation just went through this
and CHANGED the contributions. Is this
something ZCSD is considering?
RetireeHealthInsuranceBenefits

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Increased number of teacher retirees in recent years
statewide due to assessment and accountability changes
Grew from $85,695 in 2008-09 school year to
approximately $450,000 anticipated in 2014-15
Have shared increase with employees
Employer to Employee Share went from 75/25 to 68/32 since start of
district
In order to maintain Grandfathered status of health plan,
the district cannot make any changes to employee plans or
decrease the percent of premiums the employer pays by
more than 5% and the plan must meet the definition of
affordable for all employees (9.5%).

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What are the declining revenues?
How much are our schools bringing in from
grants, and what are the grants?
What kind of grants have you gotten since the
reduction?
Have increased sales taxes covered these
amounts?
MFP/Grants

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Year Budgetary Impact (-) Budgetary Impact (+)
2013-14 State-mandated one-time teacher
raise (Cost ≈ $334,000)
One-time additional
MFP supplement
(Increase ≈ $668,029)
2014-15 State-mandated one-time teacher
raise becomes permanent raise
(Cost ≈ $334,000)
Legislature extended
MFP supplement
(Increase ≈ $668,029)

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What is meant by declining revenue?
Increases in MFP funding from year to year reflect
additional per pupil allotments for years where there
was a growing student population, but do not include
the amounts to cover the additional mandates or
expenses.
Prior to 2009, school districts annually received a
2.75% increase to take care of rising expenses such as
increasing costs, mandates, employee steps, etc.
Elimination/decrease in grant funding, while
continuing required programs.

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State grant funding has decreased. In 2007-08, the district
received $703,081; by 2013-14 the amount had reduced to
$178,460.
Some of the grants which have been eliminated are:
• La Teacher Assistance And
Assessment Program
• Superior Textbook Program (8G)
• Leap 21 Tutoring Program
• Multisensory Structured Language
(8G)
• National Board Certified Teachers
• 9th Grade Redesign (8G)
• K-3 Reading/Math Incentive
• Teacher Quality (8G)
• Math Lab ZES (8G)
• Pre K-12 State Reading Plan (8G)
• Student Enhancement (8G)
• Classroom Based Technology
• Early Warning Student Counts (Nga)
• Credit Recovery Grant
• Ensuring Literacy For All -Reading
First
• Nationally Certified Speech
Pathologists
• Flexible Pay Program
• C&T Ed Dual Enrollment

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Federal Grants
Year Amount
2008-2009 $91,751.58
2009-2010 $108,827.22
2010-2011 $97,133.20
2011-2012 $90,793.11
2012-2013 $102,235.23
2013-2014 $84,317.08
2014-2015 $92,503.00
TITLE I TITLE II TITLE IV TITLE V
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
2003-04 $319,396 $89,225 $3,425 $2,447 $40,723
2004-05 $802,046 $275,780 $25,509 $25,509 $11,736
2005-06 $819,365 $364,507 $30,263 $85,317 $46,256
2006-07 $988,972 $342,608 $16,408 $4,771 $12,231
2007-08 $706,323 $264,814 $14,757 $4,963 $22,250
2008-09 $688,115 $312,110 $5,996 $0 $26,021
2009-10 $668,159 $268,913 $0 $0 $33,134
2010-11 $691,852 $285,492 $4,030 $0 $16,960
2011-12 $600,786 $260,042 $114 $0 $54,166
2012-13 $540,875 $243,164 $0 $0 $57,599
2013-14 $492,564 $268,079 $0 $0 $47,376
Educational
Excellence Funds

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Many new grants come with defined guidelines which provide no help to
current expenses, added expenses, or supplements to what is in place.
The district does not meet the qualifications for many new grants, as they
focus on low performing, high poverty school districts.
Grant Note Amount
Math and
Science Project
(MSP)
Professional development collaboration with several school
districts and LSU, funds have defined use to pay consultants
and participants in Mathematics professional development.
($214,228 in 2014-
15 and $192,910 in
2015-16 shared with
9 other districts and
LSU)
Jumpstarting
JumpStart
Expand career counseling activities with a focus on engaging
students in college and career planning earlier in middle &
high school and provide increased workplace experience for
students.
$50,000 (shared
with 3 other
districts)
PreK Grant Provide training on mandated programs for early childhood
teachers and child care center staff. May not be used for
existing expenses.
$54,000 (shared
with 7 Zachary child
care centers)
Teachers are encouraged to apply for and receive grants to be used in their classrooms and/or specific
departments.

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The district keep referencing other school
districts stats. Has Zachary considered how
other districts have dealt with these same
issues?
DistrictComparisons

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Yes, other districts immediately resorted to
laying off teachers and cutting programs or
went to their communities for additional
funding.
School and district administration have
implemented creative cost saving measures,
and the board has allocated additional funding
from the surplus.

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How are your spending levels going to be
adjusted to ensure that this isn’t a short term fix
to a long term problem?
Cost-savingMeasures

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As always, we will continue to be good stewards
We will continue to look at cost-saving
measures as we have since 2009.
Minimize the effects on the classroom and all
programs

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AREA ESTIMATED SAVINGS NOTES:
Main
Office
$180,500 Positions not filled through attrition or transfer:
• Academic Clerk
• HR Specialist
• HR PT Clerk
• Support Programs PT Clerk
• Math Specialist (Supplement)
Pre-K $355,000 Positions not filled through attrition or transfer:
• 2 Regular Education Teachers
• Teacher for Instructional Support (Admin)
• Principal
K-2nd
Grade
$460,000 Positions not filled through attrition or transfer:
• 3 Regular Education Teachers
• Teacher for Instructional Support (Admin)
• 2 Spanish Teachers
3rd – 6th
Grade
$375,000 Positions not filled through attrition or transfer:
• 1 Special Education Teacher
• 4 Regular Education Teachers

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AREA ESTIMATED
SAVINGS
NOTES:
7TH – 8TH
Grade
$300,000 Positions not filled through attrition or transfer:
• 3 Regular Education Teachers
• 1 Counselor
9th – 12th
Grade
$360,000 Positions not filled through attrition or transfer:
• 1 Special Education Teacher
• Dean of Students
• Academic Dean
• Combined Counselor and TIS into 1 (ZCTC)
Satellite breakfast and lunch to ZCTC
Did not implement process technology
Substitutes $150,000 Long Term Certified Teachers -
• Degree and Experience vs. Flat Rate Amount
• Minimum use for ancillary
Transportation $125,000 3 Tier System – eliminated increase

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AREA ESTIMATED
SAVINGS
NOTES:
Student Support
Services
$50,000 • Decreased amount for materials and supplies
Gifted and Talented $30,000 • Decreased amount for materials and supplies
Alternative
Programs
$150,000 • Discontinued contract with 3rd party; reorganized
staff to provide services in district
Child Nutrition
Programs
$75,500 • Full-time to Part-time on some positions
• Eliminated Driver, use of maintenance staff to drive
• Trimmed items on bid list (savings to be
determined this school year)
Teacher Stipends $400,000
$10,000
• Discontinued number 1 and attendance stipends
• Discontinued payment of stipends for after school
tutoring, teacher volunteer, limited transportation

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AREA ESTIMATED
SAVINGS
NOTES:
Human
Resources:
National Board
TBD • All newly hired national board teachers will not
receive the district stipend of $1500
Athletics $77,500 • Combined Athletic Director position with Physical
Education Teacher Position
Academics:
Technology
$600,000 • Discontinued computer replacement/update cycle
Academics:
Accountability
& Assessment
$130,000 • Less Substitutes for testing
• Coordinated with 3rd party grant to pick up LEAP
remediation in school and summer school
• Eliminated A3 Vision and Achievement Series
Programs
• Less Reading Assessment Funding
Academics:
Mathematics
$205,000 • Decreased professional development
• Decreased curriculum writing
• Eliminated materials and supplies

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AREA ESTIMATED
SAVINGS
NOTES:
Academics:
English
Language Arts
$203,000 • Decreased professional development
• Decreased curriculum writing
• Eliminated materials and supplies
Academics:
Science and
Social Studies
$64,000 • Decreased professional development
• Decreased curriculum writing
• Decreased materials and supplies
Academics:
Other
$140,000 • Decreased amount for textbooks, library books
and magazines
• Eliminated ACT prep booklets, tech support for
Remark, IOWA administration and test prep
• Decreased cost of dual enrollment

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What do teachers make, and why have you continued
to give raises?
Assuming this chart is comparing the same job
classification of Teacher (i.e. straight out of college),
that is one heck of an increase for base salaries.
Meanwhile, entry level accountants averaged like $46k
in 2003 and I think it's almost to $50k in 2014. Supply
and demand I guess. Don't get me wrong though, I'm
all for paying good teachers.
TeacherSalaries

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New teacher starting base salary $46,722
Salary schedule online at ZCSD Careers Page

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BEGINNING SALARY 2003-04 $27,776
SCHOOL BOARD RAISE 2004-2005 $2,250
MFP RAISE 2004-05 $337
$30,363
MFP RAISE 2005-2006 $245
SCHOOL BOARD RAISE 2005-2006 $3,500
$34,108
GOVERNOR'S RAISE 2006-2007 $1,500
MFP RAISE 2006-2007 $2,550
$38,158
MFP RAISE 2007-2008 $2,200
GOVERNOR'S RAISE 2007-2008 $2,375
$42,733
SCHOOL BOARD PAY RAISE FOR 2008-2009 $2,300
STATE MFP PAY RAISE $1,019
$46,052
STATE MFP PAY RAISE 2014-2015 $670
$46,722
TOTAL RAISES
$18,946
* Salary steps were frozen by
school board for all employees for
the 2014-15 school year

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The schools seem to have too much
administration especially with clerks and
secretaries.
SchoolAdministration

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Administration and clerks at each facility
Most elementary schools around the state have
around 400 students in a school, not 800.
Our schools are staffed appropriately, if not
understaffed with one clerk and one
secretary/bookkeeper.

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I am interested in knowing how many are on the
administrative side of running the schools.
Seems belt tightening could be done there.
What percentage of the budget is for the
administration of the “central office” as we used
to call it when I was a teacher?
Could you reallocate the school board clerks?
Has the board considered unnecessary admin
jobs that could be combined?
DistrictAdministration

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74. 74
•Districts our size or smaller, are mostly more staffed than we
are. We are definitely not overstaffed.
•All main office staff have more than one job and have taken
on the workloads of those positions eliminated.

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Has the state contributed to the purchase of
computers for the testing they mandated?
Is the district heading a campaign to reach out
to state officials to let them know the negative
impact of their decisions? Can parents join this
effort if it is underway?
FundingforStateMandates

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The state has not allocated additional funding
for technology.
Louisiana Association of School
Superintendents and the Louisiana School
Board Association continue to voice the
concerns of the school districts to the
legislature.

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StudentEnrollment
How many children are in each school?
How many students live outside of the Zachary
school district, and are employees who live
outside of the district allowed to have their
children enrolled?
Can students from poor scoring districts transfer
here because we are higher scoring?
How many homeless students are in our
district?

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School Student Count
Zachary Early Learning Center 238
Northwestern Elementary 362
Rollins Place Elementary 801
Zachary Elementary 771
Copper Mill Elementary 810
Northwestern Middle 826
Zachary High 1577

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Zachary Community District does not participate
in the Student Scholarships for Educational
Excellence state voucher program.
Currently, the district has 93 out-of-district
students who are the children of full-time
employees.
We have 25 students enrolled who are identified
as homeless students under federal law.

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In the Spring of 2014, the Zachary Community
School District conducted a mandatory student
data verification and update process.
This process is one component of the efforts to
ensure the district maintains accurate student
data and residence information for every
Zachary student.

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85. I keep hearing about Zachary being number one, which
is great. My family moved here because it seemed like
a good place for our five kids to go to school. My
question is, what are the benefits to being number
one, other than bragging rights? Does it bring in extra
money or funding or resources? I often feel like we are
more concerned with keeping the status no matter the
cost.
Are we spending more money to keep kids that are
misbehaving in our schools for ranking purposes
instead of expelling or suspending them?
DistrictRanking

86. Having been #1 for 10 years in a row, we are proud;
however, the ultimate goal is not to be #1 but to
provide the best education.
There is no money attached to being #1. At one point
the state gave growth money to the schools.
We do well in the areas that are measured.
We will prepare students for any assessment that they
are given, but Zachary teachers go above and beyond
just the skills tested.
District Ranking

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111.3
108.3 110.1 112.6
116.8
119.8 121.3
134.7 136.0
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Old 200 point system New 150 point scale

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Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports
(PBIS) as a systemic approach to proactive,
school-wide behavior
Students and staff are educated on topics such
as bullying and cyberbullying to raise
awareness.
Discipline procedures are enforced in
accordance with applicable school board policy
and laws.
District administrators work to teach kids how
to do the right thing. When they make poor
choices they are disciplined appropriately.

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How does enrollment get determined for the Early Learning Center?
What is the tuition for?
Does the $1 million from the general fund supplement the operations
of the program such as buildings, teachers, supplies, elections, etc.
and in addition to covering tuition/grants for some students?
How do you designate a child as gifted in Pre-K? Was this an option
posted for ALL children and why are ALL parents not informed of this?
Pre-K

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Grant students – LA4, 8G academically behind, Gifted/Special Education, Tuition
Students

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Tuition is set to closely match funding we
receive from LA4 and 8G grants. General fund is
then used to supplement all students enrolled.
State Requirements: Highly Qualified Teacher
and Paraprofessional at 10 to 1 ratio
Sample salary, both employees: $115,000
20 students at $4500/year= $90,000
Administration, Janitors, Ancillary, etc…
Facilities cost (i.e., utilities, property insurance) are
not included in the supplement amount of $1
million.

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Children can be referred for screening as an exceptional student through the
request of a parent and for students in school through a teacher. Once that
request is made to the school counselor, a more formal screening is
completed.
Since students in schools are observed constantly by their teachers,
monitored relative to their individual abilities and performance compared to
their peers, teachers are constantly referring students who show the
characteristics of exceptional students, so in essence every student in school
is screened on some level or another.
For students who are not in school, a request can be made through their
daycare or through our district SASSY department at (225) 658-7377.

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Where can we find a list of all programs offered;
students in all early learning and elementary
schools? Music? Art? Tutoring? After school
care, etc.
When my kids were young we took them to
private music lessons after schools that we paid
for ourselves. I suppose I am questioning some
of the electives.
Ancillary

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Intervention-Reading and Mathematics
Summer School- Use of Grant funding, Title and
IDEA
After school care- Parents pay, and this program
is self-funded.

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Why are we offering all of these courses at the
high school?
Fine arts electives are necessary for TOPS, but
what a range is offered!
HighSchoolAcademics

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• ZHS Core Course Offerings
English Math Science Social Studies
ENGLISH I, II, III, IV (Hon&Reg) ALGEBRA I (Hon&Reg) PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Hon&Reg) WORLD GEOG. (Hon&Reg)
ENGLISH COMPOSITION I, II GEOMETRY (Hon&Reg) BIOLOGY (Hon&Reg) CIVICS (Hon&Reg)
ENGLISH GIFTED ALGEBRA II (Hon&Reg) CHEMISTRY (Hon&Reg) AMER. HISTORY (Hon&Reg)
ENGLISH DUAL ENROLLMENT ADVANCED MATH (Hon&Reg) PHYSICS (Hon&Reg) WORLD HISTORY (Hon&Reg)
ENGLISH III - AP CALCULUS - H ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY GOVERNMENT - AP
ENGLISH IV - AP CALCULUS AP - AB BIOLOGY II - AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - AP
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH I, II CALCULUS AP - BC CHEMISTRY II - AP SOCIOLOGY - DUAL ENROLLMENT
READING I, II CALCULUS III/DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS PHYSICS - AP PSYCHOLOGY - DUAL ENROLLMENT
SENIOR APPLICATIONS PROBABILITIES & STATISTICS EARTH SCIENCE
FINANCIAL MATH ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
MATH ESSENTIALS
HIGH SCHOOL MATH

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• ZHS Elective Course Offerings
Arts
Business,
Computers &
Medicine
Other CTE
Electives
Other General
Electives
ADVANCED BAND COMP ARCHITECTURE WOODS SPANISH I, II, III, IV
ADVANCED CHORUS COMP MULTIMEDIA ADVANCED WOODS FRENCH I, II, III, IV
AP STUDIO ART COMP SCIENCE AGRISCIENCE I, II, III, IV PHYSICAL EDUCATION
ART 1, 2, 3, 4 DESKTOP PUBLISHING AUTO TECH I, II GED PREP
BEGINNING BAND INTRO TO BCA NCCER CARPENTRY I, II ACT PREP
BEGINNING CHOIR WEB DESIGN CLOTHING & TEXTILES I, II ROTC I, II, III, IV
FINE ARTS SURVEY ACCOUNTING I,II EDUCATION FOR CAREERS NEWSPAPER I, II, III
FINE ARTS SURVEY - DUAL ENROLLMENT COOPERATIVE MARKETING PROSTART PHOTOGRAPHY I, II
GUITAR I, II, III BUS COMP APPLICATIONS STAR I, II TV PRODUCTION I, II
INTERMEDIATE BAND 3-D DESIGN I, II WELDING I, II YEARBOOK I, II
INTERMEDIATE CHOIR DIGITAL MEDIA I, II ADVANCED CHILD DEV.
JAZZ ENSEMBLE PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS ADVANCED NUT. & FOOD
MUSIC THEORY - AP SPORTS MEDICINE I,II FAMILY & CONS. SCIENCE
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE FIRST RESPONDER HORTICULTURE
PLAY PRODUCTION I, II INTRO TO HEALTH OCC.
SPEECH I NURSE ASSISTANT
TALENTED THEATRE, ART, MUSIC PHARMACY TECH
TECH THEATER I, II PHARMACY ASSISTANT
THEATRE I, II MEDICAL TERMS
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The number of students dictates the number of
sections necessary. It would be a disservice to send all
of the students to the same course when some need
an advanced course, some need remediation.
This results in many of the teachers teaching several
different courses.
The electives offered are determined by the needs of
the students.
High School Academics

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Is it true that eventually ALL ZHS students will have
laptops?
Since when is it a necessity for all seniors to have
laptops?
Technology

103. $1.35 Million school
board funding
commitment to
expanding technology
program
Comprehensive plan
for skills and devices to
enhance student digital
readiness

104. There is no plan for all ZHS students to have laptops.
After budget constraints eliminated the possibility of a
1:1 for the entire school, district officials decided to
shift the program from the 9th grade to the 12th grade
to provide students with an experience comparable to
those of other area schools.
Central 1:1 grades 6-12
Ascension 1:1 grades 5-12
Still evaluating the effectiveness of the program with
12th grade teachers to make sure the program is fully-
implemented and worth the investment.

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Did we really need the big beautiful school
board building? Especially in light of the grants
being cut/lost?
Did we pay for YMCA pool?
Construction

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School Board Office
Central Office (Main Office Administration)
School Board Meeting Room
Teacher Training Room
Our facilities are community facilities; Zachary businesses
and the chamber use the employee training room.
The building houses main office administration, equipment ,
files and archived files for the school district.
YMCA Pool
No, we did not pay for the YMCA pool.
There were preliminary discussions during the
YMCA construction, but cost ultimately proved the
deciding factor.

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Can we see summaries of operational expenses
that are actually over budget for FY 2010-2014?
Operations

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All budget information is a public record.
Due to time constraints, we will provide a
summary of major costs budgeted for this year.

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Expense Amount Note
Salaries & Benefits $2.18
million
Includes director, custodians and building
maintenance (full and part-time)
$722,845- Benefits
Operation and Maintenance of
Buildings
Utilities – Electricity, Water ,
Sewage, Disposal, Natural Gas
$1.6 million $1.35 million is electricity alone
Repairs and Maintenance Services $440,000 Plumbing & Electrical
$304,000 -HVAC Maintenance Contract
Rental of Equipment $7,500
Property Insurance $495,000
Material and Supplies $310,000 $85,000 - copy paper
Care and Maintenance of Grounds $375,000
Care and Maintenance of Equipment $18,500
Fleet Insurance $45,275
Fuel $15,000
Safety and security $192,000 $142,000 is School Resource Officers and Crossing
Guards.

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How many students supply their own lunches at our
schools?
What's the actual cost when materials and labor cost are
factored in per meal?
How is this being accounted for going forward? Or, is the
only option raising sales tax?
Why isn't there someone on staff who can comprehend the
state's requirements and apply that to a budget?
ChildNutrition

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Lunch Participation Rates:
Location Participation Rate
ZELC 82%
NES 67%
RPES 76%
ZES 71%
CME 76%
NMS 34%
ZHS 68%
Districtwide 68%
*Middle school students prefer to go outside and socialize. We are
currently exploring options to increase participation outside similar
to high school with sandwich lines.

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Meal Cost including labor and materials: $4.20

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Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act meal patterns
require meals to follow specific guidelines which
contribute to the increasing food costs.
Child Nutrition Program employees also fall
under the state-mandated retirement system,
which has seen a significant increase in the
employer mandated contribution. These factors
result in district general funds supplementing
the Child Nutrition Program.

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Plan moving forward
Supervisor of Child Nutrition continues to work
closely with the LDOE.
The impact of demand on costs for particular items
was unexpected even by the USDA (whole grains,
fruits and veggies)
Raised the cost of meals
25 cents in 2012-13 school year
10 cents in 2014-15 school year

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Is the sports budget public? Where does the
money raised go? How much is the sports
budget?
Where does the money in the athletic fund go?
How is this money in the athletic fund spread
among all sports?
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All budgets are public records.
Contact Athletic Director
Fundraising
Each sport generates general operations costs.
Unlike some other districts, Zachary Community School
District does not give funding for sports outside of the
facilities and staffing stipends.
General Athletics
Non-revenue generating sports receive $750 allocation.
General maintenance on athletic facilities
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TOTAL INCOME $191,100.51
TOTAL EXPENSES $175,392.56
TOTAL PROFIT $15,707.95
EXPENSES
OFFICIALS $7,955.00
RED STICK,BSN ETC $61,718.79
TRAVEL $3,098.00
GAME SECURITY $19,231.25
GATEWORKERS $8,748.31
SPORTS MEDICINE $9,196.27
TRAINING $6,350.00
SUPPLIES $10,717.00
PREGAME MEALS $6,184.14
PROF DEVELOPMENT $6,590.81
SUB PAY $441.38
SPEC OLYMPICS $1025.20
GATE SPLITS $34,136.41
INCOME
FUNDRAISER/FEES $17,820.00
GATES $166,342.22
CONCESSIONS $6,938.29
*This includes 12 home games
$226 per new helmet
Reconditioning of helmet $65
Jerseys $15,000

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Can we find a better more efficient way to train
our athletes than Fennwood?
Why does the City charge the schools for field
use? Where does the concession money go?
What exactly is included in stipends?
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Fennwood
Swimming, Golf and Tennis
City of Zachary Expenses
Rental of the field (maintenance and upkeep costs)
Electricity
Concessions
City operates and receives concessions from
baseball and softball.
Stipends
Percent(%) of teacher salary for the additional time
spent to coach

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Fennwood is used for swimming, golf and
tennis.
The contract allows for the facilities to be used
as needed, year round.

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*Stipends include High School Coaches as well as 6th- 8th grade coaches,
Dance and Cheer

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Why do we have 15 coaches in football?
Athletics

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• 12 of the 15 football coaches are paid; 3 are volunteer coaches.
• Number of coaching positions is determined by the nature of the sport and
the number of students for proper supervision.
• Football is a specialized sport with various positions to be coached.

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* Head CECP coach position
is paid a flat rate stipend.

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What is the amount saved on having a turf
football field versus a grass field?
FootballField

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• No decision has been made.
• School Board has been informed of safety concerns.
• Independent Engineers and Insurance Company
• Board has directed staff to obtain cost information.
• More discussion at future board committee and board meetings
• Multi-purpose field is used for:
• PE instruction during regular day
• Football: Varsity, JV, 9th Grade, Middle School
• Soccer: Varsity and JV Girls
• Track: Girls and Boys Track
• Community: Jr. Broncos Elite, Jr. Broncos, Legendz
• Band

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Repair Grass Football Field Multi-Purpose Synthetic Surface
Football
Field
Based on 6,000-8,000 sq. ft.
$30,000-$40,000 for the
field.
Removal and disposal costs to be
determined.
Same for both options.
Disposal costs included in
installation costs.
Install Bermuda sod $325,000-
$425,000
Cost $500,000 to $600,000
Annual Maintenance Cost- $80,000
Cost of Mower- $45,000 8 year standard warranty
10 year option
Pros Initial cost will cost less
than total resurfacing.
Reduced risk for injury and
concussions
• Surface becomes a multi-
purpose use
• Longevity of surface
• Lower maintenance cost
• Saves water
Cons Will still need to remove in
at least next 2 years
Limited use by the other
sports/community
• 10 year cost ($800,000- $1
million)
• 10 year cost is less than grass
Initial cost info received to date

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Repair 10 mm Full
pour system
13 mm Full pour
system
Sandwich
Pour System
13 mm
Track $150,000-
$175,000
$450,000 -
$525,000
$575,000-
$650,000
$375,000-
$450,000
Pros 8 year
standard
13mm is an IAAF
approved surface
Cons Repaired for 1
year period, will
require that
surface be
replaced in 1
year.
The 10mm is
NOT an IAAF
approved
surface.
The 13 mm
would add to the
overall cost.
5 year
warranty
Will cost more
over the 10
year period