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and District Administrator of the school district have managed the educational enterprise effectively during a span of time when the organization has experienced regular student enrollment decline. TABLE 5-B SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BRUCE GENERAL FUND REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, FUND BALANCES 2001-02 / 2007-08 Fiscal Year Revenue Expenditure Fund Balance 2001-02 $5,639,351 $4,868,066 $1,725,286 2002-03 $5,780,751 $5,321,997 $1,647,589 2003-04 $5,674,317 $5,227,918 $1,585,438 2004-05 $5,919,838 $5,558,644 $1,531,501 2005-06 $5,994,084 $5,612,617 $1,448,282 2006-07 $6,041,820 $5,688,165 $1,335,661 2007-08 $6,165,712 $5,660,815 $1,281,615 Change +$526,361 +$792,749 -$443,671 % Change +9.3% +16.3% -25.7% Table 5-LH reports that Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s General Fund revenue decreased from $11,023,054 in 2001-02 to $10,763,393 in 2006- 07, a decline of -$259,661 or -2.4%. Over the course of the same five year span of time, the school district’s General Fund expenditures decreased from $9,997,193 in 2001-02 to $9,580,635 in 2006-07, a spending drop of -$416,558 or -4.2%. Between 2001-02 (base year) and 2006-07, the school district’s General Fund balance grew from $619,375 to $1,072,252 an increase of +$452,877 or +73.1%. © Roger Worner Associates, Inc. 47
The Project Consultants observed that Ladysmith-Hawkins School District operated balanced General Fund budgets in each of six consecutive years from 2001-02 to 2006-07. Revenue decline over the five year span of time (using the 2001-02 revenue figure as a base) averaged -.5%/year. At the conclusion of the 2006-07 school year, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s General Fund balance of $1,072,252 amounted to a (low) acceptable 11.2% of the school district’s General Fund expenditure budget of $9,580,635. TABLE 5-LH LADYSMITH-HAWKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL FUND REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, FUND BALANCES 2001-02 / 2006-07 Fiscal Year Revenue Expenditure Fund Balance 2001-02 $11,023,054 $9,997,193 $619,375 2002-03 $11,431,686 $10,287,386 $717,617 2003-04 $11,414,789 $9,974,601 $1,159,967 2004-05 $11,187,518 $10,079,885 $1,267,825 2005-06 $10,983,910 $10,195,219 $951,863 2006-07 10,763,393 $9,580,635 $1,072,252 Change -$259,661 -$416,558 +$452,877 % Change -2.4% -4.2% +73.1% The Project Consultants observed that Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s five year loss in revenue (-2.4%) was less than the organization’s five year loss in expenditures (-4.2%) by +1.8%. Thus, while the school district experienced a net decline in revenue over the five year span of time from © Roger Worner Associates, Inc. 48
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Page 3 and 4: of P-K-12 school districts (involvi
Page 5 and 6: The school districts have a need to
Page 7 and 8: Analyze financial trend data. Prep
Page 9 and 10: additional municipalities. The Scho
Page 11 and 12: Agriculture, agri-business, recreat
Page 13 and 14: What conclusions may be drawn about
Page 15 and 16: The School District of Bruce, Ladys
Page 17 and 18: CHAPTER II DISTRICT SIZE AND ENROLL
Page 19 and 20: School District of Bruce, Ladysmith
Page 21 and 22: TABLE 1-B SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BRUCE
Page 23 and 24: TABLE 1-LH LADYSMITH-HAWKINS SCHOOL
Page 25 and 26: levels. Over time, however, and wit
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Page 29 and 30: school district for the same eleven
Page 31 and 32: student enrollment growth on four o
Page 33 and 34: The Project Consultants concluded t
Page 35 and 36: In Table 4-W, the average daily mem
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Page 41 and 42: 2007-08 was +6 students. The school
Page 43 and 44: During the 2007-08 school year, Lad
Page 45 and 46: the poverty line in Rusk County was
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Page 55 and 56: Wisconsin General Fund revenue decr
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Page 65 and 66: District spent +$358/student or +8.
Page 67 and 68: exceeded the fund balance of the Sc
Page 69 and 70: increasing) their modest fund balan
Page 71 and 72: The 2006-07 equalized aid for the S
Page 73 and 74: The 2006-07 mill rate of Weyerhaeus
Page 75 and 76: compensatory adjustments in its adm
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Page 79 and 80: The School District of Bruce’s ac
Page 81 and 82: In the event of consolidation of th
Page 83 and 84: services, the numbers and types of
Page 87 and 88: average of 7.3 students/grade level
Page 93 and 94: and science (6.0). The smallest arr
Page 95 and 96: the 2008-09 school year: Health Car
Page 97 and 98: Table 12-W details that Weyerhaeuse
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The Project Consultants review of t
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4.5 Total Professional Staffing Tre
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As delineated in Table 13-W, 42.2 f
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the nine year span of time from 199
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compared to the average of all Stat
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characteristic of Wisconsin school
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to accommodate the students served
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4.11 Staff Development The Project
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programming; CESA-based services; C
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classroom and resource/center-based
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4.16 Interview Perceptions: Distric
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Quality of the School Board: 7.1 Q
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CHAPTER V SCHOOL FACILITIES 5.0 Int
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environments in which “students e
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5.3 Overview of the School District
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and support space during the 2008-0
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subsequent further training in an i
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Other factors. As the Project Consu
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Computer laboratories (including Bu
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Art classroom is adequate; basic co
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Health Care Academy classrooms and
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The school is comprised of a gymnas
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5.5 Long-Term Facility Debt The Pro
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TABLE 19-W WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL
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consumption was $1.18/square foot.
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Is there probable cause for either/
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While the School District of Bruce
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would significantly benefit through
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school districts for total instruct
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or more viable school districts wit
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Ladysmith-Hawkins School District f
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feet/student and 404.5 square feet/
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through the merger of the three sch
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over the span of 19 years and has p
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Recommendation 2 That the School Di
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