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1 Area Impacted: Reduction/Revenue Concept: Athletics Charge for stadium seating/premier parking Extra expense to setup/enforce premier parking Seating easier to implement charge than premier Charge for all non-school use of buildings (summer league baseball, softball, basketball leagues) Charge admission for Middle School volleyball & basketball Rent out facilities (sports, churches, etc. ) for fee Premier parking and charge for stadium seating are excellent ideas Business & Finance Reduce District Contribution to Healthcare Healthcare-If employee pays more in insurance, will offset pay increase? Okay to keep premiums flat & lower fund contributions NOT A VIABLE OPTION Lower health care and not give raise Business & Finance Decrease Self-Funded Worker s Comp Rate Improve Workers Comp and HR Departments Not a viable option Departments Reduction to Department Operating Go to 4 day work week-save money on power, transportation and extended day on Friday Look at incentives for personnel to retire and possibly hire back part time and let TRS pay. Look at charging TRS rules on working after retirement Look at teaching positions and number of classes taught at particularly High School and alternative schools Overtime Restrictions Overtime-Okay Increase number of comp hours an employee can earn to reduce overtime pay Adjust contracts of daily/hourly employees receive non-paid days off (perhaps 5/yr.) Various positions like ADA s do not need to be 210 day contracts

2 Reduce counselor and administrators data entry work and secretarial work by hiring more lower pay level aides and having less higher pay positions Cell-phone Reduction Get biggest discount from Stipends! Stipends for cell phones vs. paying cell phone plans Can we reduce that? Possibly with stipends Need data to see overall deployment/usage of cell phones Cell phone reduction or stipend in lieu of Other Reading Materials Reduce Not everyone has access to electronic books Reduce Consulting Services Consulting-Okay Cutting consulting could impact areas relying on consulting when they can t fill positions Consulting services and attorney or hire paralegals weigh the benefit of employee vs. consulting. Value their benefit productivity effectiveness

3 Area Impacted: Reduction/Revenue Concept: Reduction to Substitutes Need to survey to get root cause Bring back the incentive plan for attendance. This would reduce sub costs Implementing a resident sub should reduce Employee incentive for attendance will reduce use of subs (refer to AISD $500 per semester for no absences Already difficult to secure reliable subs and those that are effective Reduction to subs-who will cover the classes when there Is no sub Analyze incentive cost vs. substitute cost might be cheaper Pay teachers to sub on off periods Energy Mgmt.: adjustments to temperature, lighting, irrigation Yes-as long as cost savings does not cost in some other way Regulate AC/Heaters Sensors for lights More thermostats-repair/replace High schools are lit up over the weekends Adjust custodial times to have them work same hours during operations-cuts transportation, field lights and food service Use motion censored lighting district-wide Incentive program to work together for energy conservation program-saved money is distributed to employees Our district has never told us that we need to shut down all computers overnight. If it was a requirement, we could save a LOT on the electric bill Explore the installation of solar power to save on future energy costs. The roofs of schools are an ideal place for solar panels or even wind turbines Utilize 3 rd party for energy management NO, too inefficient and too difficult to hold them accountable Energy management in house only Increase cleaning per sq. feet No Increasing sq. footage (less custodians) would impact cleanliness, safety, efficiency and overall maintenance of buildings-they are already stretched thin

4 Less custodians Making custodians overwork is not good for morale The schools will become run down and everyone suffers and takes less pride Don t cut down on cleaning Increase cleaning-this is a viable option Copying Restrictions/Copy center Efficiencies Determine historical allocation STAAR Packets-could they be laminated or put in sleeves to be reusable? Why such a long turnaround? Hire more people so it would be faster Reduce mailings/posters with in campus employees Centralize printing Upgrade and improve mail system Reduce district level copies (ex. One sided district assessments w/2 problems Copy restrictions-viable option excluding Special Ed. And dept. that have to make copies (also the younger grades need hands on) District assessments are only printed on one side Encourage sending large copying needs to a printer at all campuses Textbooks Okay-except need to consider equal access Use electronic version/have smaller number of consumables-like for Tier 2 Class set of textbooks could drive up copies made to supplement Make sure all books are being used Some disciplines don t use textbooks because of internet/technology. This should be closely looked at Use electronic and minimal hard copies Classroom sets and electronic versions Enterprise fund expansion: advertising, expansion of extended day program, other Enterprise Fund Expansion-Yes Charge/donate money for advertisements (flyers) in take home folders Advertise in a central location on the District Website; all the Fine Arts events at various schools Extended day for Middle School students, run/earn additional funds Advertising on busses Advertising-increase community donations & support-district-wide, not just sports Enterprise Fund-Advertising we feel that parents know about extended day Sell advertising on busses and in gyms On large scale district donation rather than individual schools soliciting donations from local business Operations Reduction to M&O Supplies M&O-No

5 All tools should be inventoried Transportation Reduction in Routing In Rousting-Yes Rezoning may reduce transportation cost over time/development of neighborhood More fuel efficient vehicles-no v-8 s use electric vehicles Propose to parents to have the option to pay to ride bus if within 2 miles Close elementary campuses earlier Look at picking up kids from Middle Schools and High Schools on same bus Fuel savings due to lower gas costs could be used to upgrade our fleet to more energy efficient vehicles and to lessen future maintenance costs