Warren County RIII School District Proposition W April

Warren County R-III School District Proposition W April 7, 2020

The Need ● Hourly staff is underpaid. The district struggles to fill several of these positions. You have seen the signs for bus drivers. ● Teachers can make annually $15, 000 - $20, 000 more by working in a neighboring district to the east. ● In an effort to maintain current services and balance the budget the district has reduced expenditures by over $1, 000. ● Reduced hours for hourly employees ● Cut 11 teaching positions – 5% of district paid teachers

How will the Prop W money be used? All hourly staff will receive $1. 00 an hour raise plus a step The teacher salary schedule will receive an increase of 3. 7% applied to the schedule. All employees that are not hourly and are not a teacher will receive 1. 50% to the base of their salary schedule and a step. $0 will go to the Superintendent Salary

Current Starting Salaries – Support Staff

Starting Salaries if Prop W Passes – Support Staff

Teacher Retention Warren County R-III Teacher Retention Rates the Last 4 Years 2015 -2016 -2017 -2018 Teacher Retention Rate 80. 5% 84. 5% 83. 6% 2018 -2019 86. 9% The approximate median retention rate for St. Charles County is 91%

Missouri School Finance Designated Revenue Support Staff Salaries and Benefits, Supplies, Utilities, Gas Teachers’ Salaries and Benefits Fund 1 General Fund 2 Teachers Funds 1 and 2 combined are called operational Debt Payments Fund 3 Debt Service Fund Designated Revenue Purchase of Buses and Vehicles, Construction Fund 4 Capital Projects Fund

Ballot Language Proposition W Shall the Board of Education of the Reorganized School District No. 3 of Warren County, Missouri, be authorized to increase the operating tax levy by $0. 3900 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for the purposes of attracting and retaining quality certified staff and support staff, and meeting additional operating expenses? (If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating tax levy of the District is estimated to increase by $0. 3900 from $3. 6159, currently, to $4. 0059 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for the 2020 Tax Year and can be applied to the assessed valuation for each year thereafter. )

Prop W will go into funds 1 and 2 only Designated Revenue Support Staff Salaries and Benefits, Supplies, Utilities, Gas Teachers’ Salaries and Benefits Fund 1 General Fund 2 Teachers Funds 1 and 2 combined are called operational Designated Revenue X Debt Payments Fund 3 Debt Service Fund Purchase of Buses and Vehicles, Construction Fund 4 Capital Projects Fund

How much more will a $0. 39 Property Tax Increase Cost? Homes valued by the county assessor at: Personal Property: For a $10, 000 car it will cost approximately $12. 98 per year.

Questions?