Douglas County School District
 
Community Stakeholder Feedback Survey
 
(Budget Reduction)
 
 
 
Executive Summary)
 
Final Version January 23, 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepared by:
 
 
 
Joyce Hauk,
Quality Improvement Specialist
 
Brian Hales, Director of Continuous Quality Improv
ement
 
 
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Introduction
 
 
Stakeholder feedback is extremely important to the budget reduction work in DCSD. In December, 2008
the district ran an openr
-
ended text survey to generate reduction, redesign, or elimination ideas. This
survey involved 2,362 participan
ts: 66% Teachers, 21% Classified, and 13% Administrators and SAC s
Parents. The themes generated were further discussed in district, feeder, and school meetings. These
internal discussions provided the basis for a second survey to provide for community input
.
 
 
The Community Stakeholder
 
Feedback survey was open to the public from January 5 through January 16,
2009. This survey was divided into three sections: Feedback on the proposed $37 million two
-
year
reduction plan, an opportunity to provide additional inn
ovative ideas for study, and an opportunity to
prioritize the top reduction, redesign, or elimination ideas.
 
 
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Proposed Two
-
Year Reduction Plane
 
 
Question:
DCSD is targeting $37 million in reductions over the next two years (approximaon
tely 7% in the
2009
-
10 total operating budget). Central administration and support services, compensation and existing
educational staffing ratios are the major areas that will be reduced. a
 
 
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There was very little variance on these responses betwee
n constituent groups, levels, or regions of the pon
district. The levels of support among all demographics collected were consisten
tly positive
.
 
 
 
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Top Ideas Surfaced
 
 
Question:
We have collected thousands of comments and identified top ideas that received the
most
consistent feedback. These items represent DCSD’s future areas of focus to
redesign, reduce and/or
eliminate
. Please provide your
TOP EIGHT
reduction areas, indicating the
ONE
item you consider
“untouchable”.
 
 
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Ranking by Date
 
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Please
provide your
TOP EIGHT
reduction areas, indicating the
ONE
item you consider a priority or
“untouchable”.
 
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Appendix A: Survey Questions
 
 
Survey Section A: Proposed Twor
-
Year reduction plan
 
DCSD is targeting $37 million in reductions over the n
ext two school
years (approximately 7% in the 2009
-
10 total operating
budget). Central administration and support services, compensation and existing educational staffing ratios are the major areas
 
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School
-
based K
-
12
Administration
 
Personnel reductions: change in Assistant Principal staffing ratios
 
$610,000
 
Instru
ctional Support
Services
 
Personnel reductions: change in staffing ratios
 
$1,830,000
 
Building Resource
Teacher Programr
 
Personnel reductions: change in staffing ratios
 
$436,000
 
Health Services
Program
 
Personnel reductions: change in staffing ratios
 
$137,00
0
 
 
Subtotal 2009
-
10
 
$32,835,000
 
 
Program
 
2010
-
11
 
Reduction Recommendations
 
Annual Savings
 
Elementary Education
 
Increase in class size by an additional .5 student
 
$1,650,000
 
Middle School a
Education
 
Increase in class size by an additional .5 student
 
$30
9,000
 
High School Education
 
Reduction in graduation requirements or increase in class size
 
$2,160,000
 
 
Two Year Total 2009
-
11
 
$36,954,000
 
 
Do you think this plan is reasonable?
(Yes/No)
 
 
Do you support the concept of providing more “flexible funding” to
 
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Survey Section C: Top ideas surfaced
 
The goal in the first two weeks of January 2009 is t
o present community stakeholders with information collected to date, seek s
feedback on our work and ask for further input as we move toward a final plan.
 
 
The first step in our reduction process was to ask our internal stakeholders for feedback. We have col
lected thousands of
comments and identified top ideas that received the most consistent feedback. This is presented to you for your information.
Depending on the feedback provided on the proposed two
-
year reduction plan and if additional reductions are nec
essary, these
items represent DCSD’s future areas of focus to
redesign, reduce and/or eliminatea
.
 
 
Please share your thoughts by:
 
•
 
Providing your
TOP EIGHT
reduction areas (1 = highest priority)
 
•
 
Indicating the
ONE
item you consider “untouchable”
 
 
 
Elementar
y Instrumental Music Program (Total cost of program = $1.16M)
 
 
Elementary World Language Program (Total cost of program = $965K)
 
 
General Administration (such as payroll, accounts payable, testing, hiring, equipment maintenance, grounds)