Dr. Linda E.

Grobman
Superintendent of Schools

Mrs. Sharon A. Learn

Business Administrator

May 2, 2009
` Status quo budget
` Strategic plan initiatives carried forward
` No recommendations for additional staff
` Reduction of positions through attrition
` Collaborative decision-making process
` Support existing class-size guidelines
` Clear direction from the board to develop a
budget that is under the 4.1% index
` Presented taxpayers with a fiscally sound and
responsible budget
` Reviewed all available information, solicited
input from a variety of stakeholders and
maintained our relentless commitment to
children first.
` Ensured budget will reflect strategies for
surviving and potentially thriving in these
uncertain times.
` Plan for one elementary watch position
` Children First:
◦ class size, curriculum development, classroom
materials, professional development,
extracurricular activities, technology, assessment
standards
` Revenue:
◦ RTSD has a revenue problem, not an expenditure
problem
` Labor Contract Obligations:
◦ salaries and benefits
` Recognize the high achievement of all students in the Radnor
Township School District and create mechanisms for
continual improvement.
` Assess and manage the resources, both human and material,
to create systems that will responsibly focus endeavors on
behalf of all students and the community.
` Define pathways that will upgrade and support a 21st century
technology infrastructure to enhance education and
operations for Radnor Township School District.
` Network with the Radnor community in collaborative pursuits
that guide our collective work.
` Organize resources and create benchmarking systems to
measure the effectiveness of our endeavors.
` Rejoice in the pride and spirit that are evident in Radnor,
which reflects the uniqueness of our school district, and sets
a course to aggressively meet the challenges of today and
codify the hopes and promises of tomorrow.
FBLA and LifeSmarts teams had numerous business students who placed in the top 10 at those respective state
championships • RMS math student – No. 1 in state • RHS has largest group of winners ever for National
German Exam • RHS girls’ ice-hockey team won inaugural girls’ Flyers Cup & state championship • 2 RMS
students win Joan Jarrett leadership award • 13 RHS Merit Finalists • Radnor grad Colby Cohen named MVP of
the Frozen Four • 3 elementary students chosen to exhibit work in Harrisburg for PAEA Youth Art Month • RHS
first public school honor code and honor council in the area • Andrew Lee finished second in the 2nd annual
TruMark Financial Credit Union Financial Jeopardy Challenge • Jayne Levenberg (Drawing) and Louise Lee (Mixed
Media) both won 1st place awards in the annual competition held among all art students in our congressional
district; 12 RHS students have award-winning work being displayed at the Wayne Art Center. • The music
department had two students representing RHS at the All-Eastern Honors Orchestra Festival in Providence, RI.
this past March. • Five RHS students in the Project Lead the Way program have earned college credit this year at
Rochester Institute of Technology • Blake Rosenthal -- National and International figure skater working to
compete in the Olympics • Numerous Governor's School scholars: Alexa Pegues (creative writing), Dan Koo
(violin), Brooke Von Pusch (art), Simon Zheng (international entrepreneurship) • Indoor Color Guard ranked 3rd
in their division and qualified for the first time ever for Tri-state Championships! • Honors Jazz Band tied for
third in the Yankee Division at Championships; RHS trombone section won best section award • RHS Marching
Band was chosen to lead off the Mardi Gras parade at Universal Studios • Nikki (class of 2002) and Jessi (class
of 2004) Lieb are both members of the USA Women's Lacrosse Team and 2009 World Cup Training Team. • The
inaugural season of the RHS Squash club was a huge success, having gone from early planning to over 10
matches in just one season. • Members of the classes of 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 won prestigious National
Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards for writing • The RHS Meistersingers presented a combined
concert with the chorus of the Moses Brown School (Providence, Rhode Island) • RHS Meistersingers will be
performing a commissioned choral work made possible by the Radnor Education Foundation on their May 20
spring concert • The RHS Hi-Q team made the finals and finished 3rd. • The French/Italian club just attended its
second opera of the year at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 11 students attended a performance of
Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore • Ithan’s Chess Club won the 2008 – 2009 Greater Philadelphia Chess
Championships First Place Team for K – 3 • and much, much more…
Asset management campaign • E-team to
regulate district-wide programs and operating
systems • Powerful teacher observation protocol
• More directed staff development • E-Finance
system for purchases and accounts receivable •
E-minders for all schools, saving paper &
postage • Digital building operation systems in
four out of five schools • Tech Paths solution for
curriculum assessment • Performance Tracker for
assessment system
Technology campaign • TAC • HAC • E-
minders • New web site • Interactive white
boards • Classrooms for the Future • Project
Lead the Way • Virtual servers to reduce
number of physical servers
University collaboration • Stakeholder group
meetings • PTO Council • Council of Radnor
Alumni • League of Women Voters • RTEA
summit meetings • Monthly board budget
presentations • Town hall meeting • CASE
pilot district • Township/school district
grounds agreement • REF business
connections
ACTS grant training • Performance Pathways •
Realignment of staff for RTI and REI • School-based data
teams • Successful completion Special Education and
Finance audits: • Building capacity for increasing school-
based professional development • Increased uninterrupted
elementary instructional time with increased
intervention/enrichment time • Co-teaching in science,
English and social studies as a way for students with
disabilities and peers to be exposed to high level of
instruction while providing specially designed instruction
as described in IEPs and providing remediation to those
not in special education • Evolution of co-teaching and the
data we have collected that supports its success, including
the numbers of RHS students accessing more rigorous
curriculum than ever before
The Technology Education Department has received national Project Lead the Way certification,
meaning students are now eligible for college credit • The World Language Department won
the 2005 & 2006 Golden Globe Award from the Pennsylvania State Modern Language
Association. The "award represents the highest level of program development that supports
standards-based world language instruction." • Having forged a successful relationship with
Fairmout Athletic Club in K. of P., we are a part of a growing public school squash presence,
counting Conestoga, Great Valley, and Lower Merion/Harriton. RHS (and hopefully RMS) are
looking forward to a much greater squash presence in RTSD as the club grows and looks
forward to applying for varsity status. RHS Squash was and is a marvelous combination of
community, board, and schools working together • “Invest in Excellence” • Web site photos
and stories • Student achievement featured at each board meeting • National Green Schools
leader • Biodiesel buses • Public relations award of honor • Byron McCook earns doctorate •
ABC president Florence Hubert recognized for community service • 3 RTSD librarians were
nominated for Delco Librarian of the Year; Nancy MacKenzie named LOY • Lacrosse coach
Phyllis Kilgour named 2008 Coach of the Year • RHS Classrooms for the Future teacher Abby
Daniels and CFF coach Andrea Brothman invited to take several students to present work at
Capitol Day in Harrisburg • RHS teachers and students present work at DCIU CFF conference •
Roseann Burns, Paul Wright and Carl Rosin made a presentation at the DCIU gifted conference
last year to highlight Radnor's interdisciplinary sequence and selected assessments • Betsy
McIlwain presented "Quality Literature for Quality Thinking" to administrators, teachers and
parents at the April PAGE conference • Middle School's MLK Day of service, spearheaded by
Nancy Zion and Mary Ann McCarthy• Elinor Ball (IES fifth grade) received the Delaware County
Excellence in Teaching Award (2007-08) presented by the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union's
Partners in Learning Program. She was nominated for the Pennsylvania State Teacher of the
Year Program in 2009 and received the National State Teacher of the Year Apple Award for
commitment and excellence in the teaching profession • and much, much more…
As of March 31, 2009
Estimated Additional Title I $ 0
Estimated Additional Title II-D $ 3,500
Estimated Additional IDEA $ 673,200
2009-2010 BEF Increase $ 35,806
State Fiscal Stabilization Grants $ 98,200

Source: American Reinvestment & Recovery Act: Preparing Our

Students Today for the 21st Century Workforce - Estimated School
District Allocations
` Title IID - Integrating technology into the
school curriculum and providing related
professional development

` Special Education IDEA - Providing special

education programs and services to students
with disabilities
` BEF-Increase in instructional time
◦ Extend the school day
◦ Extend the school year
◦ Tutoring
` Implementation of high-rigor curricula/advanced
courses
` Professional development to promote college and
career ready high school graduates
` Class size reduction
` Pre-k or full day kindergarten
` Teacher or principal incentives in struggling
schools
` School library services
 Year Tax Increase Budget Increase
1999-2000 4.9 % 5.0 %
2000-2001 - 5.8 %
2001-2002 4.6 % 6.3 %
2002-2003 5.0 % 7.0 %
2003-2004 5.3 % 5.3 %
2004-2005 4.8 % 5.1 %
2005-2006 4.9 % 7.1 %
2006-2007 5.8 % 6.8 %
2007-2008 5.0 % 6.4 %
2008-2009 7.0 % 3.5 %
2009-2010 3.9 % 3.5 %
` Created a framework for collaboration,
cooperation and clarity
` Opportunity to open discussions that would
redesign, consider, postpone, restage, eliminate,
and enhance programs
` Opportunity to transform our educational
delivery model
` Opportunity to redirect funds toward new ideas
◦ Administrators (Act 93)
◦ Principals
◦ RTEA
◦ RSPEA
◦ Operations
◦ Transportation
 Items Savings Explanation
Strategic Plan – Year Two 712,055
Goal 1 – Improve Communication
Reconfigure district homepage to provide 500 eMinders, upgrade
increased information
district site
Teacher access to grade reporting from home
Middle and High schools 3,500 Part of eSchool
Elementary 7,500
Report card
revision
Parent access to grades online 500 Complete

Parent online conference sign-up 6,250 Set up complete

Annual meeting of Core Team to review 5,000 Volunteer participation

progress of strategic plan

Goal 1 - Improve Communication/Infrastructure 25,000 Reassessed need and

Replace office computers price
Investigate and purchase records retention 12,000 Moving toward
service/solution for district data paperless
Provide access to student data assessment 10,000 Revised quote
information to inform instruction
 Items Savings Explanation

Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d

Goal 2 – Curriculum and Assessment

Provide online collaborative workspace - 50,000 Schoolwires /Google
teachers /students Docs

Evaluate current high school technology course – 1,275 Complete

adjust middle school course

Continue to articulate student technology 1,913 Ongoing

proficiency K-8

Tech Mentor Program- provide support for the 14,520 Building staff capacity
integration of 21st Century skills

Full time technology coaches 132,000 Building staff capacity

Web based access to electronic card catalog for 18,000 Future tech plan
all libraries
 Items Savings Explanation
Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d

Goals 2 & 5 – Curriculum and Assessment

Hardware

Wireless mobile laptops- all schools 55,500 Price reduction

Classroom & lab computer replacement, printers 180,000 Reassessed need and
price

Curriculum

Analyze current assessment practices, identify 8,160 School based data

common assessments across the district teams
Development of science common assessments 5,312 In-service days

Implement 21st century critical literacy skills in 12,750 Ongoing curriculum

all content areas work
 Items Savings Explanation
Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d
Goal 3 – Professional Development Ongoing/imbedded
Ongoing training for the Regular Education 25,500 work led by principals
Initiative and supervisors
Application of co-teaching collaborative 12,750
consultation, differentiated instruction, progress
monitoring
Protocol for REI 23,400

Training in guided Inquiry for science and math 5,100

Provide training in academic vocabulary for 2,550

teachers in grades K-12
Train or retrain all educational staff in the 6,375
implementation of UbD and common
assessments
Research and identify most promising 10,000
approaches to student centered learning
Crisis intervention training for students at risk 5,000 Ongoing/imbedded
work led by principals
Provide differentiated learning opportunities to 9,400
support district initiatives with accountability
 Items Savings Explanation
Strategic Plan – Year Two, cont’d
Goal 3 – Professional Development

Research skills that enhance communications 10,000 Ongoing/imbedded

climate and determine policies and procedures work of administrative
that effect group dynamics and curricular teams
Diversity training Guidance counselors 1,500 In-service
To meet the needs of all learners 23,000
Professional development offerings relevant to 1,000 In-service
educational specialists
Moving IEP & GIEP from Clear Trak to IEP PLus 3,600 Spring 2009

District training, professional conferences for 2,500 Ongoing/imbedded

staff and administrators working with gifted work of principals and
learners supervisors
Provide professional development to support 15,000
implementation of new curricula
Support 7th & 8th grade implementation of new 3,200
math program
Provide mentor training to all mentors working 3,000 Ongoing/imbedded
with new teachers work of principals
 Items Savings Explanation
Operations 59,966
Attrition one custodial position – 2 day cleaner 27,979 Vacancy not filled,
in the Administration Building central office staff will
maintain their areas
Attrition – Driveway monitor 9,473

Eliminate late busses at RHS/RMS 17,514 Late Runs: Low

Bus A: 4:30 =12 Bus B: 4:30 = 9 Bus C: 4:30 = 8 Average daily ridership
5:30 = 3 5:30 = 4 5:30 = 2
Four Day Summer Work Week 5,000

Personnel 568,682
Eliminate Piano Accompanist Position 12,005

Reduce Instructional Para’s hours 89,819 (6.5 hours/bldg)

Reduce Special Education Para educators district 89,819 (6.5 hours/bldg)

wide
Reduce paraprofessional training hours 11,000 Reduction in staff

Reduce Teacher Mentor supplemental 25,994 No new positions

 Items Savings Explanation
Personnel, cont’d

Teaching staff reduction (by attrition) 260,837 2 positions

Summer counseling hour reduction 4,909 Re-allocation

District office attrition 74,299 1 position

Materials/Supplies/Contracts 139,282

Reduce ERB Testing 14,000 Eliminate CTP4

Keep Writing
Assessment
Eliminate STEM Contract 25,000 In-house training

Supply reduction 4,300 10% reduction Asst

Super Budget
Athletic Supply reduction 15,000 Across middle and
high school
Nursing supply reduction 4,300 NOT including medical
supplies
 Items Savings Explanation
Materials/Supplies/Contracts, cont’d

Postage reduction 17,562 Using e-minders and

web-site
Paperless vouchers for checks 1,000

Advertising budget reduction 10,000 Contract with PA REAP,

Monster.com and
Inquirer
Reduce district contribution rate RMS & 14,120 Reduction in District
Elementary environmental trips contribution
Reduce district-wide travel for conferences 30,000 All staff- attendance at
professional
conferences
Reduce Security Professional Services 4,000

BOTTOM LINE 1,480,485

 EASY
EASY
High
High Control
Control

LOW
LOW VALUE
VALUE HIGH
HIGH VALUE
VALUE
Short
Short Term
Term Long
Long Term
Term

HARD
HARD
Low
Low Control
Control
` What we have overlooked in better economic
times that yield significant savings:
◦ Attrition one custodial position - Hire 2 day a week
custodian
◦ Attrition – Driveway monitor
◦ Provide online collaborative workspace - Teachers
/students
◦ Eliminate STEM Contract
◦ Postage reduction
◦ Advertising budget reduction
◦ Reduce district-wide travel
◦ TOTAL = $ 176,144
` Personal Choice 15% increase
` Keystone 18% increase
` Caremark 20% increase
` Delta Dental 20% increase
` Life Insurance 5.0% increase
` Disability Insurance 5.0% increase
` IBC Drug 5.0% increase
` Property Casualty 08 – 09 Rates
` Social Security 7.65% no chg
` PSERS 7.13% no chg
` Unemployment Comp 0.15% no chg
` Workers Comp 0.60% no chg
` Personal Choice 11.11% increase
` Keystone 18% increase
` Caremark TBD
` Delta Dental TBD
` Life Insurance 5.0% increase
` Disability Insurance 5.0% increase
` IBC Drug TBD
` Property Casualty TBD
` Social Security 7.65%
` PSERS 4.76%
` Unemployment Comp 0.15% no chg
` Workers Comp TBD
` State Revenue
` Interest Rates
` Federal Revenue
` Caremark
` Delta Dental
` Workers Comp
` IBC Drug
` Property Casualty Insurance Rates
 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Radnor High School 110,500 15,000 10,000 170,000 0

Radnor Middle School 0 0 0 0 0

Wayne Elementary School 37,000 18,000 0 40,000 30,000

Radnor Elementary School 30,000 30,000 0 20,000 15,000

Ithan Elementary School 69,000 246,000 200,000 200,000 0

Administration Building 124,000 0 45,000 10,000 0

Trans Bldg/Bus Replacement 689,000 668,000 746,000 450,000 450,000

GRAND TOTAL: $1,059,500 $977,000 $1,001,000 $890,000 $495,000