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��������I ����I�� �� <br />� <br />Like �zany districts in Minnesota, Mounds View Public Schools faces significant finc�nci�t challenges. <br />� ��' � ��� <br />Mounds View has <br />experienced the <br />largest enrollment <br />. decline of any <br />suburban metro , <br />district over the <br />past 5 years. i <br />. Why? The number �' <br />school-aged chila'�en <br />who live in the Dist�ict <br />; rr sh�inking. <br />l <br />� � � � _ Students <br />graduated <br />Ilast spring <br />� � � _ Students I <br />� entered <br />lcindergarten <br />this i r,l. � <br />� � � � — enrollment <br />���,� � <br />*This is the seventh consecutive <br />year when a much larger number <br />of students left Mounds View by <br />graduatim , than the number <br />of �in�er artners who <br />joined r�e schools. <br />F���� students � �'�w�r d�lla� <br />Schools are funded on a per-pupil basis, and because enrollment is declining, <br />so is the total revenue Mounds View receives. At the same time, expenses continue ta <br />rise due to inflation and at a faster rate than reductions can be made. Many recognize <br />that this challenge is not unique to Mounds View. <br />��Dist�icts that expe�ience declining en�ollment often <br />a�e not able to �educe expenditu�es a t the sa����� t'r��t��, <br />�esulting i n inc�easing pe� pupil expenditu�e. �� <br />— Minnesota State Auditor, 2006 <br />Fznancia� � �*' d tl4inrre�oi� School l7isiract.r und Cbartes- Schoolr <br />�n� re�� E n � �x�e r�se� <br />Why can't costs be cut to match spending? <br />* Some classes only decline by two or three students. <br />Those classes still require a teacher. <br />* As downsizing occurs, the probationary teachers are laid off first. <br />The most senior teachers, who have higher salaries, remain. <br />* FiYed costs continue to increase because of inflation at eac��. site. <br />They include utilities, insurance, technology and custodial services. <br />�rr#�nd��l f���r�l �nd �tat� rnand��e� <br />Last year, Mounds View Public Schools took about $6 million out of classroom funding <br />in order to meet unfunded federal and state requirements for special education. By <br />comparison, the District had to reduce $2 million to balance the operating budget. <br />� <br />1�1� 1� ��'� <br />. <br />�����...�� <br />* f�r-�43pi1 4i,�i-�tr�: s*_3t� aid <br />■ �r.fl�tinii <br />* F,�{i�£'f]SC� <br />� � �f��55 �i]�5 <br />• .�rti�it� �s <br />i TTHI35T�MCC$tLU71 ���$ <br />� � <br />� `i � - <br />• �. ;.�: �f�� �- <br />� I f� . �:�: <br />. �� . � �• <br />� �a . '�. �,A� . <br />'� � r.� � 5 . <br />�__... , ._.__ .�� �y. _ <br />� I �r �'' . � . . <br />� <br />������ <br />���r��� ��� <br />.. . __'�. �.lY�L��Jl[]E1LC <br />* 10L'�� ik'1rl'i�LL���3CCJf�1'+��{� <br />�� ��'+'l�S (Ct^xCe sit�:t-i� a] <br />* Ad�13JiYi�ixR���� ��i�ilua�,� <br />; �� ���:: � . <br />. �� ����� ., .t <br />.{... l <br />. yti' •� <br />.:. <br />•.�� 4. <br />{M1. <br />rh <br />. f <br />� <br />� � ��'� <br />�������� ��a� <br />' .+ �i7k.1t. cC� [� :�.L� �.. - <br />F ��CI- ��4� �l� IL4 Bi]71C' <br />provided by levies <br />(no inflation increases) <br />