Rock Hill Schools Considering; Athletic Fees; Salary Reductions; And More Students Per Classroom to Deal With State Reductions

The Rock Hill School Board will have it's January work session on Monday, January 12, 2009 at Belleview Elementary School. During the meeting, the Board will be presented options the administration is considering on how to deal with the state budget crisis. Actions already taken are:

• Department budgets cut 5%
• Travel and new guidelines have been restricted
• Staff recruitment trips have been reduced
• Printing has been reduced in favor of electronic communications
• Overtime has been eliminated
• Consultants have been reduced
• Partial hiring freeze

Additional cuts may come in the following areas:

• Condense middle school summer school
• More Department Budget cuts (up to a total of 10%)
• Cut School Budgets an additional 5%
• Freeze all salaries
• Eliminate National Board Teacher supplemental salary
• Implement athletic fees
• Eliminate positions
• Do not hire new teachers (increasing class size)

This should make an interesting meeting. The proposed agenda is below:

SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION
LOCATION:	Belleview Elementary School
START: 5:30 p.m.
DATE: January 12, 2009
	AGENDA TOPIC	DISCUSSION LEADER	TIME
	WORK SESSION - Media Center
1	Presentation by Belleview Elementary School	John Kirell	30 minutes
2	2010 Pennies for Progress - Phil Leazer	Luanne Kokolis	30 minutes
3	Capital Fund Update / Discussion	John Hair / Bob Norwood	30-45 minutes
4	Latest State Budget Reductions / Recommendations / Discussion	Mabry / Moody / Norwood	30-45 minutes
5	RFPs for Indefinite Delivery Contracts	John Hair	10 minutes
6	Executive Session	Property & Legal Matters	30 minutes