Brian T. Woods, Ed.D.Superintendent
Northside ISD
Fourth largest school district in Texas
Expected enrollment: 99,848• Growing by 2,400 to 3,500 students annually• Estimated peak enrollment: 145,000
Staff: 12,487
112 schools
Free/Reduced Lunch: 53.4%
NISD 2012-13 all funds budget: $1 billion
NISD tax rate: $1.3755• Interest & Sinking (bond projects): $0.3355• Maintenance & Operations (day-to-day
operations including personnel costs): $1.0400
No tax increase for 2012-13 & current rate over $.08 less than projected
Finance
Growth
Testing & Accountability
Myth: The Legislature increased education funding during the past legislative session
Truth: The state budget for public education is slightly higher than the previous biennium, but does not account for 170,000 additional students or loss of $3.2 billion in federal stimulus funds from previous budgets
Statewide budget cuts• $4 billion from Foundation School Program• $1.4 billion from education grants• 170,000 additional students over biennium
NISD budget cuts• $19 million in 2010-11 in anticipation• Additional $42.4 million in 2011-12 (total $61.4
mil.)• Reduced staff by almost 1,000 positions• No salary increases, cut stipends• Increase class size and many other reductions
Myth: Schools have significantly more administrative staff than they did 30 years ago.
Truth: The percentage of teachers to non-teachers hasn’t changed substantially since the 1980s.• TEA didn’t count auxiliary personnel prior to
1980s.
Trial begins Oct. 22
Six different plaintiff groups
Lawsuits claim the current school finance system is:• Inadequate• Inefficient• Inequitable• Unconstitutional statewide property tax
New test and new accountability system
Overreliance on testing as a means of measuring students, schools and districts• The means has become the end
New accountability system – will it be understandable
Add 2,400 to 3,500 students per year
Will continue to need new schools and to renovate existing facilities
Bond issue likely in 2014
Perform well on state tests Work on the career portion of
“college and career readiness” Emphasize advanced academics in
practice and philosophy Budget conservatively in highly
uncertain times Plan with growth in mind
Dr. Sara McAndrew ES opens in 2013 to relieve Aue ES
Small school (540) due to location and nature of building in the area
Attendance boundary hearing / decision late this year
“Cielo Vista area South” ES opens 2014 to relieve schools in the IH-10 corridor (including Leon Springs ES)
Target enrollment 800
Attendance boundary process in the Fall of 2013
“North area” MS site owned adjacent to McAndrew ES site
Currently planned to open beyond the ten year planning cycle
Update on multi-family project across from Leon Springs ES• SA City Council approved zoning change• Waiting for TxDOT to approve road closure
(Old Fredericksburg Rd.)• Expect leasing in Spring 2014• Approximately 320 units