Dr. Libbie Conner, superintendent of schools, will recommend a list of cost-saving measures to the school board on March 16. The list totals a savings of $3.4 million.

The total impact on the general fund is $3,374,204.

Category 1 - Monetary - $1,925,000

• $1 million - Reduce the district's cost of health insurance for employees by $1 million or reduce 20 teaching positions.

• $400,000 - Reduce the district's contributions to 403(b), 401(a), 457(b), and VEBA accounts for administrators, classified staff, and teachers or reduce six teaching positions. The teacher portion of the district's contribution is equal to six teaching positions.

• $525,000 - Freeze the salary of all certified teaching staff at present levels and suspend incremental salary increases or reduce 10 teaching positions. (Salaries and benefits of administrators and all other staff already have been frozen.)

Changes in health insurance, district contributions to the accounts listed, and teachers' salaries are subject to negotiations between the administration and the Noblesville Teachers Forum.

Category 2 - Program Adjustments - $613,650

• $300,000 - NIS: Change the daily schedules for grades 5-6. This reduces six elective teaching positions in technology, health, and FOCUS.

• $150,000 - NMS: Change daily schedule for grades 7-8. This eliminates a second language arts class for most students and reduces three teaching positions.

• $121,500 - NHS Extracurricular: Eliminate transportation costs for athletics and performing arts, reduce cost of clubs and academic teams by 25 percent, reduce cost of athletic programs by 25 percent.

• $25,750 - NMS Extracurricular: Eliminate transportation costs for athletics and performing arts, eliminate middle school swimming, eliminate sixth-grade basketball, reduce cost of clubs and academic teams by 25 percent.

• $6,650 - NIS Extracurricular: Reduce cost of clubs and academic teams by 25 percent.

• $9,750 - Elementary Extracurricular: Reduce cost of clubs and academic teams by 25 percent.

• Increase revenue $100,000 - Charge all non-school groups to use facilities.

Category 3 - Non-Instructional - $873,674

• $365,000 - Move salaries of skilled craftsmen from general fund to capital projects fund.

• $125000 - Reallocate administrative costs by moving supervision of Title I program to the Central Administration Office.

• $170,000 - Close the pool at freshman campus (savings in energy costs).

• $125,000 - Change Teacher Sick Bank to Chronic Illness Bank (this item has to be negotiated).

• $36,174 - Discontinue participation in Township Recreation program.

• $13,000 - Close Conner Learning Center (savings in energy costs; closing also eliminates cost for a new roof and HVAC system.)

• $5,000 - Transfer fee for participation in Section 125 from district to employee.

• $4,500 - Eliminate retirement contribution to substitute teachers.

• $30,000 - Freeze field trips (already in effect).




The work of the Budget Review Committee began with the Citizens' Checklist as recommended by the Indiana State Board of Education.

The checklist represents the areas the state suggests school districts use to guide their cost cutting decisions due to the recent 4.5 percent reductions in K-12 funding.

This copy of the checklist provides a look at what Noblesville Schools did prior prior to 2010.


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