Friday, January 18, 2013
District mulled doubling fees, opts for 50% increase
The Avon Lake Board of Education, looking to improve its revenue stream, will be increasing pay to participate for the 2014 fiscal year by 50 percent. The board also approved a measure to initiate vocal and instrumental co-curricular fees. The new rates for pay-to-participate extracurricular activities, including sports, are $300 for the first student at the high school with a $400 family cap and $150 at the middle school, with a $200 family cap. The board had considered, and rejected, a 100 percent increase. Currently, the fees are $200 at the high school ($350 cap) and $100 at the middle school ($150 cap). It will generate $59,000 in additional revenue the first year. Fees have been charged in Avon Lake since back-to-back levy failures …
10-year levy readying for May ballot
UPDATED 1 p.m.: The bold information is a CORRECTION and clairification. The Avon Lake Board of Education approved a measure last night that would allow district treasurer Autumn Streng to ask the Lorain County Auditor’s to determine millage for a 10-year emergency levy that would collect $6.5 million annually. The millage is based on property valuations by the auditor’ office. Last week, the board met and began discussion for a levy that would generate between $6.3 and $6.9 million annually after discussing proposed cuts. The Jan. 16 meeting settled on $6.5 million. Board President Charles Froehlich said last week a levy collecting $6.3 million annually which be an approximate 7.95-mill levy and $6.9 million annual levy would be an …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
May levy appears likely.
Jan 8. Marked the first of three Avon Lake School Board Meetings that will determine, if the district should place a new levy on the May ballot, and if so, for how much. At the meeting, the board laid out cuts that will happen regardless of whether the ask voters to approve a new levy. Board president Charles Froehlich said there will be additional meetings on Jan 16 and 29 to continue discussions on the resolutions, which include costs-savings items. The meetings will be held at 7 p.m. in the Avon Lake High School Media Room. Froehlich said a health care committee comprised of administrators and teachers have proposed changes, including joining a consortium, that will net a savings of $700,000 per year, starting this month. The district …
Rates could double; move to help prevent additional layoffs in the district.
Facing a growing deficit, the Avon Lake School District began reviewing the option of increasing pay-to-participate fees, which have been in effect since 2006. Raising the fees is part of the district’s strategy to reduce the number of staff lay-offs needed to get the five-year forecast out of the red for fiscal year 2014. Currently, families pay a one-time annual fee of $200 for high school extracurricular activities with a family cap of $350, and $100 for middle school, with a $150 family cap. The possible new fee structure being considered is a one-time annual fee of $400 for the first high school with a $500 to $600 family cap and $200 for the first middle school student with a $250 to $300 family cap, beginning in the 2013-14 school …
Jim Brady
1:09 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Come on man....relax a little. more ›