Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Neshaminy Superintendent Louis Muenker made more cost saving recommendations for the 2012-2013 budget.
Similar to the past two school board meetings, Superintendent Louis Muenker announced recommendations to help balance the 2012-2013 budget Tuesday evening. Read more: NFT 'Hopeful' Arbitration Will Spark Serious Negotiations Muenker's recommendations to date would bring the 2012-13 budget deficit to approximately $7.4 million. At Tuesday's board meeting, Muenker said that the district has worked with the Bucks County Intermediate Unit to find a savings of $896,783. However, the school board approved a contract for for special education services from the BCIU for 2012-2013, which will cost the district more than $10 million. The school district is legally required to provide special education and related services to children from pre-school…
Thursday, May 3, 2012
However, school board President Ritchie Webb said that the board is mandated by the state to publicly disclose the budget process.
The Neshaminy Federation of Teachers is critcizing what it calls the Neshaminy School District's use of "scare tactics" and is asking the school board to "to cease its confrontational strategy and work with teachers and parents to do what’s best for students in the schools." Scare Tactics, Pulling the Fire Alarm & the Budget In a NFT-issued press release, union President Louise Boyd referred to Superintendent Louis Muenker's budget cost-cutting recommendations as “the latest examples of the scare tactics being used by the district to alarm students and their parents, teachers and staff, and the community in general.” Read more: NFT Re-Elects Louise Boyd as its President Muenker made a presentation of program and staffing cut suggestions at…
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Superintendent Louis Muenker announced that the 2012-13 budget deficit has increased.
When Neshaminy's preliminary 2012-2013 budget was presented to the public, it was marked by a nearly $12 million deficit. However, Tuesday evening Superintendent Louis Muenker announced that the budget deficit could be as high as $14 million by the next school board meeting. The increase in the deficit is due in part, according to Muenker, to 34 of the district's teachers retiring. VIDEO: NSB President Urges NFT's Permission to Join Consortium Muenker stated that the district anticipated in only 11 teachers retiring in the budget. With associated payouts, insurance and unused sick days, 34 teachers retiring will cost the district almost $4.7 million, Muenker said, assuming that health insurance costs remain the same. Muenker told the board…
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Neshaminy School District is looking for creative cost-cutting ideas to close the nearly $12 million budget gap.
While the Neshaminy School District is continuing the line-by-line review of the 2012-2013 preliminary budget that has a nearly $12 million deficit, district officials are asking the public for help. School district residents are able to e-mail their cost saving ideas to savingsidea@neshaminy.k12.pa.us, district business administrator Barbara Markowitz said at Tuesday's school board meeting. "We will review every idea," Markowitz said. District Superintendent Louis Muenker echoed Markowitz stating that all ideas will be taken into consideration and that district officials "value public comment," although they haven't received much to date. Markowitz announced that the district will be receiving some of the same funding from the state as …
Friday, December 16, 2011
Neshaminy School District’s preliminary 2012-2013 has a $11.8 million deficit.
The Neshaminy School Board voted unanimously to adopt the proposed preliminary 2013-2013 budget of $156,121,340. This proposed preliminary budget is characterized by a $11.8 million deficit. The Act I allowable increase in taxes is 1.7 percent, or 2.5 mills, which would provide the district with more than $1.9 million if the board voted to raise taxes by that rate, according to district figures. The current real estate tax bill at the average residential assessment of $27,587 is $4,193 for the year. According to the district's acting Business Administrator, Barbara Markowitz, the proposed preliminary budget is "a starting point on a long road of approving a final budget in June" and that a lot of "fine tuning" to the budget will occur in …
feasterville resident
2:36 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
There should be no cuts in the education of children. The NFT should contribute more to their health plans and remain at current wages, ergo, no retroactive pay. Taxpayers cannot shoulder an increase of taxes. Work within the budget just like any other business. We have paid enough taxes. We do not want our children suffering from educational service cuts. Look around NFT, all other districts are… more ›