Doing all we can to cut costs...
WLCSC will not be able to maintain its current academic, co- and extra-curricular programs unless we find additional sources of revenue.
Class size will grow from just over 20 students to more than 40 per classroom.
Without additional revenue, the state’s new funding formula will force WLCSC into the bottom 2% of schools statewide in spending per pupil, and class sizes will increase.
WLCSC will be forced to run schools with $30,000 less per classroom than Lafayette schools and $60,000 less per classroom than Indianapolis schools.
The school district will continue to cut costs where possible. WLCSC spends only 17 cents of every dollar on administration, resulting in one of the lowest administrative General Fund costs in the state for a school district our size.
As revenues decrease, the number of teachers and staff is reduced. This year, WLCSC reduced expenditures by $650,000. Cuts included 4.5 teaching positions, 9 staff positions, 2 technology positions, 1 administrative position and 18 coaching positions. Through a fund-raiser, federal grants and attrition 8 teaching positions were saved.
