Kingdom East Governance Study Committee August 11, 2016 Data Report

Goals for high quality educational programs ● ● ● ● ●

Equity, quality, variety Learners achieve/exceed standards Schools provide maximum efficiency, increased flexibility Transparency, accountability Cost that works for communities

Kingdom East committee goals Encourage and support our local decisions that:

● Provide substantial equity in the quality, variety of educational opportunities ● Lead students to achieve/exceed Education Quality Standards ● Maximize operational efficiencies, increase flexibility to manage, share, and transfer resources ● Ensure transparency and accountability ● Demonstrate a cost that parents, voters, and taxpayers value

Presenting the information ○ ○ ○ ○

Current structure How we can we improve? What could a unified district look like? Questions?

Summary Information Specific savings and debt load Facility strengths and needs

School District Reserve Accounts

(April 2016, per town)

Tax Stabilization

(April 2016, per town)

School District Debt

(April 2016, per town)

School District Insurable Property Value

(VSBIT, 2014, per district)

Facilities Tour Are there areas where we can realize provide improved learning environments or savings through merging? ● ● ● ● ● ●

Safety, physical plant (code, maintenance of systems) Energy efficiency (motors, heating, lighting, appliances) Bulk purchase (cleaning supplies, materials) Shared maintenance (common needs- waxing, painting, light contruction) Storage Larger organization ○ ○

Greater capacity for diversity and sharing of expertise Greater capacity for focusing energy in needed areas

Financial Modeling Using our data from March 2016 we can predict financial information

Requests for data