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Lancaster City Schools: Roadway to a Strong Community 3<br />
From the Treasurer<br />
A Look at Our Expenditures Per Pupil<br />
The Ohio Department of Education uses the<br />
Expenditure Flow Model (EFM) to report per-pupil<br />
spending for Ohio’s schools. The model uses the<br />
districts’ end-of-year financial records to organize<br />
expenditure data into meaningful and <strong>com</strong>parable<br />
categories at both the district and building level.<br />
Expendituresarebrokenupinthefollowing<br />
categories:<br />
Instructional: The cornerstones of education are<br />
teaching and learning, which generally occur in the<br />
building classroom. This function often includes<br />
teachers, teacher aides or paraprofessionals, as well as<br />
materials, <strong>com</strong>puters, books and other consumable<br />
materials that are used with students in the classroom<br />
setting. Some preparation of materials for students<br />
may also occur in the central office.<br />
Building Support: Facilities and operations<br />
support includes facilities and operations at the<br />
building and central office levels. It is made up of<br />
multiple functions, which <strong>com</strong>bine both capital<br />
goods (building, buses, heating equipment, etc.) and<br />
the resources necessary to operate, clean, repair and<br />
improve them. Purchasing for the Enterprise funds,<br />
thelargestofwhichistheLunchroomoperation,is<br />
also included.<br />
Administration: This category of expense denotes<br />
the functions of the building principal’s office costs<br />
incurred as the principal’s office sets the goals<br />
and directions and makes key decisions for the<br />
building. This office also motivates staff, makes<br />
re<strong>com</strong>mendations for hiring of staff members,<br />
evaluates personnel, deals with crises, and concerns<br />
itself with the surrounding environment. Also<br />
included are central office costs incurred for the<br />
Board of Education, Superintendent’s Office, Fiscal<br />
Services, Business Manager and Support Services.<br />
These costs do not deal directly with the education<br />
of the students and en<strong>com</strong>pass planning, research,<br />
information services, staff services, and data<br />
processing expenditures.<br />
Pupil Support: Students need support outside the<br />
classroom and beyond their academic instruction.<br />
They need guidance counseling, help in the media<br />
center or library, college advising, field trips and<br />
psychological testing. Pupil support may be operated<br />
outofthedistrictoffice,thoughthesefunctionsmust<br />
ultimately serve the child in the building.<br />
Staff Support: The adult employees in the district<br />
need support, staff development, training, retraining,<br />
additional college courses and advice. Teacher<br />
support may be handled in the Central Office, where<br />
planning for staff development activities goes on, or<br />
it may occur in the building, where direct support for<br />
teachers and other staff is primarily handled.<br />
The graph below depicts how Lancaster City<br />
Schools <strong>com</strong>pared to similar districts and the<br />
statewide average in FY08. Preliminary FY09<br />
information for the District is also presented. (Note:<br />
Similar district and statewide data for FY09 is not<br />
available at this time).<br />
This information and additional information<br />
regarding how the Lancaster City Schools <strong>com</strong>pares<br />
to similar districts and the state average can be<br />
foundontheCUPPReportlocatedontheOhio<br />
Department of Education’s website at www.ode.state.<br />
oh.us.<br />
Lancaster City Schools Expenditures Per Pupil Compared to Other Districts<br />
Expenditure Category Lancaster Similar Districts Statewide Avg. Lancaster<br />
FY 2008 FY 2008 FY 2008 FY 2009<br />
Instructional $4,876 $5,100 $5,534 $5,261<br />
Building Support $1,535 $1,664 $1,973 $1,734<br />
Administration $ 940 $1,065 $1,169 $1,000<br />
Pupil Support $ 945 $ 996 $1,008 $ 864<br />
Staff Support $ 363 $ 243 $ 307 $ 393<br />
Total Per Pupil $8,659 $9,068 $9,991 $9.,252<br />
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