{"id":29623,"date":"2018-05-24T01:26:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T08:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/juneau-school-district-lets-go-of-10-first-year-teachers\/"},"modified":"2018-05-24T01:26:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T08:26:34","slug":"juneau-school-district-lets-go-of-10-first-year-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/juneau-school-district-lets-go-of-10-first-year-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneau School District lets go of 10 first-year teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite<\/span> some state-level<\/span> financial<\/span> help<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> Juneau<\/span> School<\/span> District<\/span> is letting go of<\/span> 10<\/span> elementary<\/span> school<\/span> teachers<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> upcoming<\/span> school<\/span> year.<\/span><\/p>\n

District<\/span> Superintendent<\/span> Mark<\/span> Miller<\/span> said<\/span> there<\/span> were<\/span> multiple<\/span> factors<\/span> that<\/span> played<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> cuts, which were a part of the $3.5 million total cuts from the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We<\/span> ran<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> money,<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> long<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> short<\/span> of<\/span> it,”<\/span> Miller<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> phone<\/span> interview<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Empire<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span> “We<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> get<\/span> quite<\/span> what<\/span> we<\/span> were<\/span> hoping<\/span> for<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> state,<\/span> plus<\/span> we<\/span> lost<\/span> 54<\/span> students.”<\/span><\/p>\n

[School district budget cut another $3.5M<\/a>]<\/span><\/ins><\/p>\n

A drop in student enrollment also lowers funding from base<\/span> student<\/span> allocations, which is <\/span>the amount of money funded from the state per full-time student at a school. For its FY 2019 budget, the district<\/span> had<\/span> planned<\/span> to<\/span> receive<\/span> $100<\/span> more<\/span> in<\/span> BSA<\/span> than<\/span> last<\/span> year’s<\/span> amount<\/span> of<\/span> $5,930<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> However,<\/span> the district received less<\/span> than<\/span> expected from the Legislature during the legislative session this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Legislature approves flat schools budget, but no increases may force cuts<\/a>] <\/span><\/ins><\/p>\n

<\/span>The Legislature<\/span> approved<\/span> $20<\/span> million<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> statewide<\/span> funding<\/span> to<\/span> all<\/span> public<\/span> schools this year, which is<\/span> $198,000<\/span> less<\/span> than<\/span> expected,<\/span> Director<\/span> of<\/span> Administrative<\/span> Services<\/span> David<\/span> Means<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Including<\/span> pay<\/span> and<\/span> benefits,<\/span> first-year<\/span> teachers<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> district<\/span> make<\/span> approximately<\/span> $100,000.<\/span> So<\/span> with<\/span> nearly<\/span> $200,000<\/span> less<\/span> than<\/span> expected, that equals two teachers cuts, according to Means. <\/span>The<\/span> other<\/span> eight<\/span> cuts<\/span> came<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> lower<\/span> number of<\/span> retirements<\/span> than<\/span> expected.<\/span> Miller<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> district<\/span> typically<\/span> has<\/span> about<\/span> 10<\/span> retirements,<\/span> and<\/span> this<\/span> year<\/span> there<\/span> are<\/span> only<\/span> three.<\/span><\/p>\n

Means<\/span> also<\/span> explained<\/span> that<\/span> extra<\/span> funding<\/span> of<\/span> about<\/span> $2<\/span> million<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> school’s<\/span> savings<\/span> account<\/span> was<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> balance<\/span> the<\/span> FY 18<\/span> budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We<\/span> used<\/span> up<\/span> our<\/span> savings<\/span> account,”<\/span> Means<\/span> said.<\/span> “We<\/span> used<\/span> it<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> sustain<\/span> our<\/span> current<\/span> budget.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Miller<\/span> said<\/span> if<\/span> teachers<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> district<\/span> retire<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> summer,<\/span> any<\/span> teacher<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> let<\/span> go<\/span> is<\/span> welcome<\/span> to<\/span> reapply<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> district.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite some state-level financial help, the Juneau School District is letting go of 10 elementary school teachers for the upcoming school year. District Superintendent Mark Miller said there were multiple factors that played into the cuts, which were a part of the $3.5 million total cuts from the Fiscal Year 2019 budget. “We ran out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-29623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29623"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=29623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}