August 20, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.
Jay Schools estimate shows budget increase
Jay School Board
Jay Schools estimate shows budget increase
The budget is expected to increase by 1.6 percent.
Jay School Board granted permission Monday to advertise the school corporation’s budget for 2020 at just over $39 million.
The board also approved the corporation’s capital projects and bus replacement plans, heard an explanation of policies and procedures for e-learning days and got a rundown of preparations for the 2020-21 building consolidation.
The estimated 2020 budget of $39,002,170 is up by $620,132 — 1.62 percent — over the budget for the current school year. It includes $21.8 million in the education fund, $10.4 million in the operations fund, $5.4 million in the debt service fund, $895,468 in the school pension debt fund and $500,000 in the rainy day fund.
In addition to the budget, business manager business manager Tarinna Morris presented a plan for capital projects in the corporation. It includes refreshing teacher computers, replacing the roof at General Shanks Elementary School and resealing the Jay County High School parking lot in 2020. The biggest projects in ensuing years are roof replacements at East Jay Middle School in 2021 and West Jay Middle School in 2022.
The bus replacement plan calls for the purchase of four buses in each of the next five years, but Morris noted that some of those purchases may not be necessary. Funding is planned so that it is available if there is a need.
A public hearing on the budget and plans is scheduled for the board’s meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Budget adoption is planned for its Oct. 21 meeting.
Jay County High School librarian Katie Clark explained e-learning days, which can be put into use if classes are canceled because of inclement weather.
Jay School Board granted permission Monday to advertise the school corporation’s budget for 2020 at just over $39 million.
The board also approved the corporation’s capital projects and bus replacement plans, heard an explanation of policies and procedures for e-learning days and got a rundown of preparations for the 2020-21 building consolidation.
The estimated 2020 budget of $39,002,170 is up by $620,132 — 1.62 percent — over the budget for the current school year. It includes $21.8 million in the education fund, $10.4 million in the operations fund, $5.4 million in the debt service fund, $895,468 in the school pension debt fund and $500,000 in the rainy day fund.
In addition to the budget, business manager business manager Tarinna Morris presented a plan for capital projects in the corporation. It includes refreshing teacher computers, replacing the roof at General Shanks Elementary School and resealing the Jay County High School parking lot in 2020. The biggest projects in ensuing years are roof replacements at East Jay Middle School in 2021 and West Jay Middle School in 2022.
The bus replacement plan calls for the purchase of four buses in each of the next five years, but Morris noted that some of those purchases may not be necessary. Funding is planned so that it is available if there is a need.
A public hearing on the budget and plans is scheduled for the board’s meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Budget adoption is planned for its Oct. 21 meeting.
Jay County High School librarian Katie Clark explained e-learning days, which can be put into use if classes are canceled because of inclement weather.
Students will be able to access their assignments by 9 a.m. on the days of such cancellations and teachers and other staff will be available to answer questions and address any technical issues. Students will have five days to complete work assigned on e-learning days. For those who do not have devices and/or internet access at home, school computer labs will be made available following e-learning days.
For a full breakdown of policies and procedures, visit jayschoolcorp.org and click on “elearning days.”
Superintendent Jeremy Gulley updated the board on work toward the 2020-21 consolidation, which will include moving all seventh and eighth graders to the high school building. Among the areas being discussed are staffing assignments, transportation plans and an effort to increase elementary school instructional time.
Gulley noted that currently Jay County elementary school students have a school day that lasts 6 hours, 25 minutes, or less. That is significantly less than surrounding corporations, which come in between 6 hours, 40 minutes, and 7 hours, 10 minutes. As part of the transition next year, he’s working on a proposal that would increase elementary school days 6 hours, 45 minutes.
In other business, the board:
•Honored the Jay County High School Marching Patriots, who finished third in the Indiana State Fair contest, and the East Jay Middle School cheerleaders, who placed seventh.
•Chartwells introduced Albany resident Camila Green as the new food service manager for Jay Schools. A dietician, she previously worked at St. Vincent hospitals in Winchester and Elwood for Compass group, parent company of Chartwells. She attended high school in Brazil before getting her bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in Texas and her master’s degree from Ball State University. Siobhan Carey, resident district manager for Chartwells, also reported that the Breakfast in School will be introduced beginning with Bloomfield and Westlawn elementary schools and adding the other elementary schools over the next couple of weeks.
•Heard from Gulley that the school corporation’s current student count is 3,171, up from 3,136 at the close of the 2018-19 school year. He said generally that number will drop prior to the official enrollment count day Sept. 13.
•Accepted the resignation of EJMS instructional assistant Stephanie Hunt and JCHS girls soccer coach Giles Laux.
•Approved a leave of absence for JCHS instructional assistant Donna Glassford and extracurricular assignments, including Renae Laux as interim JCHS girls soccer coach and Whitney Freeman as JCHS yearbook advisor.
•OK’d a resolution to use money that, because of a change in Indiana Code, will no longer be going into the Indiana Teachers’ Retirement Fund to provide pay increases to staff. From a total of $206,182, $183,494 will go toward teacher increases with the remaining $22,688 to administrators.
•Approved the hiring of JCHS Spanish teacher Britt Schmiesing, WJMS science teacher Richard Cox, EJMS special education resource teacher Gina Walker, Bloomfield special education teacher Kayla Luginbill, General Shanks instructional assistant Glenda Votaw and EJMS instructional assistant Leslie McIntire.
For a full breakdown of policies and procedures, visit jayschoolcorp.org and click on “elearning days.”
Superintendent Jeremy Gulley updated the board on work toward the 2020-21 consolidation, which will include moving all seventh and eighth graders to the high school building. Among the areas being discussed are staffing assignments, transportation plans and an effort to increase elementary school instructional time.
Gulley noted that currently Jay County elementary school students have a school day that lasts 6 hours, 25 minutes, or less. That is significantly less than surrounding corporations, which come in between 6 hours, 40 minutes, and 7 hours, 10 minutes. As part of the transition next year, he’s working on a proposal that would increase elementary school days 6 hours, 45 minutes.
In other business, the board:
•Honored the Jay County High School Marching Patriots, who finished third in the Indiana State Fair contest, and the East Jay Middle School cheerleaders, who placed seventh.
•Chartwells introduced Albany resident Camila Green as the new food service manager for Jay Schools. A dietician, she previously worked at St. Vincent hospitals in Winchester and Elwood for Compass group, parent company of Chartwells. She attended high school in Brazil before getting her bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in Texas and her master’s degree from Ball State University. Siobhan Carey, resident district manager for Chartwells, also reported that the Breakfast in School will be introduced beginning with Bloomfield and Westlawn elementary schools and adding the other elementary schools over the next couple of weeks.
•Heard from Gulley that the school corporation’s current student count is 3,171, up from 3,136 at the close of the 2018-19 school year. He said generally that number will drop prior to the official enrollment count day Sept. 13.
•Accepted the resignation of EJMS instructional assistant Stephanie Hunt and JCHS girls soccer coach Giles Laux.
•Approved a leave of absence for JCHS instructional assistant Donna Glassford and extracurricular assignments, including Renae Laux as interim JCHS girls soccer coach and Whitney Freeman as JCHS yearbook advisor.
•OK’d a resolution to use money that, because of a change in Indiana Code, will no longer be going into the Indiana Teachers’ Retirement Fund to provide pay increases to staff. From a total of $206,182, $183,494 will go toward teacher increases with the remaining $22,688 to administrators.
•Approved the hiring of JCHS Spanish teacher Britt Schmiesing, WJMS science teacher Richard Cox, EJMS special education resource teacher Gina Walker, Bloomfield special education teacher Kayla Luginbill, General Shanks instructional assistant Glenda Votaw and EJMS instructional assistant Leslie McIntire.
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