He Who Laughs Last.....Lasts!
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getalife123
District Number IEP % IEP Ranking Ratio
Students Out of 10 Student/Teacher
Lackawanna 491 25 3 12:1
WS 1092 13 6 14:1
OP 791 15 8 13:1
Frontier 921 17 6 13:1
Hamburg 689 16 8 12:1
Williamsville 1273 12 8 14:1
Amherst 417 14 7 12:1
Tonawanda 1894 16 7 12:1
Kenmore 529 22 8 12:1
Data from Education.com
These are the numbers. Now what is your point?
So let me get this right.......
The haters on here are claiming that the Lackawanna SE children costs per student are higher than other districts?
At last weeks Budget hearing they said people are moving to Lackawanna because our SE is the best around! I said it is all NYS ED mandates etc., why would a child/family receive " better " SE services in Lackawanna, than say West Seneca? A "Special Ed" teacher is special no matter where they teach, don't you agree?!? Please stop using this.
They said in their double talk that the SE student costs were so high that the reimbursements we receive into the Budget from NYSED were low and it helped to drag down the plus side. Same baloney they try to feed us about the Charter School causing LSD extra expenses.
Why don't they do the right thing and tell the truth for a change.
If the truths were told and the BOE at least tried to be fair and neutral about their decisions....WE, Joe and Jane Public would also be on board!
This BOE has made too many self-serving decisions and have NOT fulfilled their fiduciary duties to the tax payers of Lackawanna!
OOOUUU! That ole' grapevine is a smokin'!:eagerness:
He Who Laughs Last.....Lasts!
" Page VI, LSD/BOE General Fund Estimated Budget for 2012-2013 "
VIII. Appropriated Surplus: Layman's Terms=Slush Fund/Too much HIDDEN monies; Instead of making a nice flow chart they put all the below monies into a paragraph form while switching words such as appropriated,reduce,used,surplus, and levied .....all in an attempt for people to glance over it!
Year end ( June 30 ) of EVERY School Year SURPLUS +++++ ACTUAL Amount used FROM the surplus that the BOE has used to buy down Budget TAX LEVYevery year to keep taxes slowly creeping every year, thinking people/businesses don't notice! Kind of like the IRS but at least we get a REFUND check from them!
2002-03' SURPLUS $2,551,494/ Used $2,050,000
2003/04' SURPLUS $2,925,722/ Used $2,350,000
2004/05' SURPLUS $3,321,353/ Used $2,450,000
2005/06' SURPLUS $2,938,049/ Used $2,250,000
2006/07' SURPLUS
2007/08' SURPLUS $4,833,420/ Used $3,525,000
2008'09' SURPLUS $6,277,610/ Used $4,000,000
2009/10' SURPLUS
2010/11' SURPLUS $7,524,456/ used $4,7000,000
2011/12' SURPLUS $7,749,557/ Used$5,300,000
2012/13' SURPLUS to be appr. $7.75 mil again as of June 30, 2012 per Sam M. the "School Business Official "who admittedly told us is 72, currently retired from LSD but on payroll for years for $94,800 and $120,000 in 2012/13' Budget!
Folks this is some really BIG money as you know!
The BOE has allowed the current $7,749,557 amount to grow soooooo large that it is almost criminal for them to keep that much of TAX PAYERS money floating around in cyberspace! Money that should be put back into the hard-working struggling families pocket space! I don't care if it is a nickel! Tops doesn't let you go for a penney, people need that nickel!
Today's' News article....you can read the whole thing if you want to.....but notice what the Tonawanda Schools did with their APPROPRIATED SURPLUS!
city schools aired in Tonawanda
By Mark Ciemcioch
Northtowns Correspondent
Published:May 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
With the budget vote a week away, the Tonawanda City School District held a public hearing Tuesday night that outlined the proposed $29.5 million spending plan.
The proposed budget includes a spending decrease of 1.65 percent but would raise the tax levy by 1.93 percent.
Joseph A. Giarrizzo, business administrator for the district, said that Tonawanda has managed to keep the tax levy flat over the last few years and that this year’s proposal represents the first tax levy increase that city residents have seen in four years.
“The board has done a really good job at holding the line on the tax levy,” Giarrizzo said. “We’re less than we were five years ago. The tax levy has come nowhere near the inflation [rate].”
Other key points noted by Giarrizzo included an explanation of the district’s anticipated revenue, 52 percent of which comes from the state, which increased funding by $355,558. The increase helps offset the loss of nearly $800,000 from federal economic-stimulus funding that expired this year.
Tax levy collections account for about 22 percent of anticipated revenues, and Tonawanda plans to use about $1.1 million from its fund balance savings.
About 70 percent of the district’s budget is tied to programs, which is considered to be anything not tied to administration or capital costs. Salaries and benefits for employees account for 66 percent of the budget.
Not mentioned in the presentation was the elimination of 17 full-time-equivalent positions within the district to help close a budget gap.
Giarrizzo said that class sizes in the district would continue to be optimal and that all programs will remain intact.
After the hearing, the Board of Education held a meeting that honored many of the district’s sports teams, as Tonawanda concluded one of the more successful overall seasons the Warriors have ever had.
Members of the varsity girls and boys swim, girls and boys bowling, and girls and boys varsity basketball teams and wrestler Cody McGregor were recognized for championships, while members of the boys varsity swim team were honored for being scholar-athletes.
The board also recognized National Technical Honor Society inductees and a regional spelling bee champion, as well as three staff members for their work in the district.
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This LSD/BOE is trying to BS the general public....there is a lot of SURPLUS money on top of HUGE " estimates " used to inflate the tax levy. Tonawanda BOE gave their taxpayers a leaner Budget......what the bleep are they pulling in the LSD?
And WHY/HOW did they SAVE almost $8mil with all the CUTS and good deeds they supposedly do for us?:rolleyes:
He Who Laughs Last.....Lasts!
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Originally Posted by
getalife123
Lackawanna #1. Thank you for re-posting my words. This posting was prophetic because in todays Front Page there is Geoff, Makeyenko and Gambino pictured. A picture speaks a thousand words. Is there not an Elementary retiree and therefore a teacher position open in September. How stupid can they be? Truly jobs for the annointed family/friends.
Remember.........
As far as we know the current Lackawanna School Board President who was on a cane years ago......then soon became the Lackawanna Municipal Housing-Authority's RECREATION LEADER........and now is the maintenance/custodian person at the LMHA senior building at 600 Ridge Road.......is also last I knew, one of the.......
CITY of LACKAWANNA MARSHALLS' at $55.00 a pop for every warrant he serves!
Way to go FAMILY and FRIENDS club, way to go!:rolleyes:Keeping it real! slurp-slurp!