Impact of 2012-2013 Proposed Cuts in Bucks and Montgomery counties’ school districts
Potential budget cuts since 2010-2011 and their projected impact for 2012-2013 (as of June 6, 2012):
Abington School District - $742,917
Bensalem Township School District - $2,671,081
• Over the last four years, state revenue for all programs other than retirement has dropped $2.65 million or 11 percent.
Bristol Borough School District - $851, 259
School District of Bristol Township - $3,659,003
• Much-needed improvements in technology and building maintenance have been delayed
• For the third year in a row, spending for co-curricular (complementary civic or service activities) has been reduced
• District will furlough 11 teachers; four retiring teachers positions will not be re-filled
• Proposed school property tax hike of 2.1 percent
• Proposed transportation change includes consolidating bus stops, using elementary schools as bus stops for middle- and high-school students, mixing public and non-public students on certain buses, eliminating late buses for some after school events
Centennial School District - $1,103,235
Central Bucks School District - $2,430,033
• Larger class sizes
• Reductions in graduation requirements for physical education
• Potential cuts in graduation requirements in the areas of Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences and other special subjects
• German cuts in middle school
• Will lay off up to 44 bus drivers, eventually phasing out the remainder of the transportation staff over the next four to five years
Cheltenham Township School District - $577,029
Colonial School District - $310,772
Council Rock School District - $1,061,080
Hatboro-Horsham School District - $544,267
The School District of Jenkintown - $60,449
Lower Merion School District - $389,688
• Class sizes are getting larger, in particular kindergarten through grade 5
• Proposed property tax increase of 3.92 percent
Lower Moreland School District - $230,967
• Reduction in budget for special education
Methacton School District - $694,612
• Staffing cuts totaling three percent
• Returning special education students to district classes
• Eliminating after-school activity bus runs
Morrisville Borough School District - $397,152
• Decrease in the allocation to the technical school
• Further reduction in staffing in 2012-2013
• Budget reductions in half-day kindergarten, funding of middle school sports, building restructuring and the attempt to open another building
Neshaminy School District - $1,828,660
• Elimination of all school nurses
• Consideration of combining elementary schools and eliminating another middle school
• Potential cuts in music and art (with those classes established as electives at the high school) level
• Elimination of after school clubs
• A potential end to “in-school suspension”
New Hope-Solebury School District - $104,323
Norristown School District - $3,368,974
North Penn School District - $1,383,571
Palisades School District - $302, 140
Pennridge School District - $1,536,236
• Thirteen positions will be eliminated through attrition
Pennsbury School District - $2,029,584
Perkiomen Valley School District - $914,215
Pottsgrove School District - $1,109,278
Pottstown School District - $1,975,616
Quakertown Community School District - $1,280,463
Souderton Area School District - $1,774,269
Springfield Township School District - $163,995
Spring-Ford Area School District - $1,274,446
Upper Dublin School District - $285,973
• Proposed 4.47 percent property tax hike
Upper Merion School District - $328,367
• Proposed property tax increase of 2.76 percent
Upper Moreland Township School District - $485,427
Upper Perkiomen School District - $1,173,324
Wissahickon School District - $305,132
