Loring 2024-25 Budget Update

Loring held a budget engagement meeting on Monday, March 11th.  We looked at the budget for 2024-25 compared to the budget from 2023-24.  Below is the information from the meeting:

 

Overview:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bs99IibMeAt40hg6BQ3CRBrpKJaj9q2KZ9ZNFPBLJLg/edit?usp=drivesdk

-Funding was up during COVID.  Those funds (ESSER) are going away.  Mpls is facing a significant deficit, as are many schools and urban schools.

- 2nd and 3rd grade have enough kids for 1.5 rooms each.  Loring is choosing to “fund up” so that Loring has 2 classrooms for 2nd and 3rd grade each.  This will result in smaller class sizes for 2nd and 3rd grade, potentially.

-Anticipated # students at Loring for 2024-25: 296

CHANGES: 

 

-1 of 2 Hi5 classrooms will be cut: 1 teacher and 2 AEs

-Ms. King is leaving

-Ms. Shiela will be a social worker again

-Ms. Thompson will be a 5th grader teacher

-Increase: 1 School wide Intervention teacher

-Increase in Gifted and Talented funding (from .2 to .5 position)

-Cuts: Mr. Ernest and Mr. Pelt (they are excessed, which means cut from their positions)

-Hopefully both will reapply for their positions on July 1st, 2024 due to a shortage of gym and art teachers in MN

-Cut: 5th grade band (Mr. E will try to provide some version of band for 5th graders)

-Cut: Maestra Doris.  All world languages were cut in elementary and middle schools.

-Cut: Reading Intervention Triad - 3 teachers and 6 AEs

-Cut: Office Specialist: Patrice

-Cut: 1 Social Worker position: Sarah Haberman Ortiz

-Cut: Special Education Resource Teacher Dawn Banken

-Cut: Special Education Resource Teacher .5

-Cut: Autism Spectrum Program Prep Teacher .5

-Cut: AE Behavior: Cornelius Baxter

-Cut: Acadmic AE Raine Ngo

-30% of current Loring students qualify for Special Education services

What can you do? 

Advocate with politicians at the state and national level for increased funding, similar to what was funded during COVID.

Family Feedback: 

 

Keep Spanish at Loring.  

Will the cuts keep coming each year?

What kind of support will Hi-5 and Kindergarten have?  Hi-5 will have one AE