Citizens Call for Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability From School Leaders

NAPL Board Decision

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Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility & Accountability supports the New Albany-Plain Local School Board of Education’s decision to make a change in leadership with the Superintendent. We have confidence that the board will conduct a thorough search and attract a first-rate educator to lead our district. Moreover, we look forward to the board, teachers, staff, parents and the entire community working together with the new leadership to establish New Albany as a premier school district and community.

School Board Action Expected Tonight (June 8, 2010)

According to a news announcement from the New Albany This Week the NAPL Board of Education will take action this evening on Dr. Castle's contract.

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This Week Community New: "District needs to get per-pupil costs in check"

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

The following editorial appeared in the 8/5/09 edition of New Albany This Week

To the editor:

According to the New Albany-Plain Local School District's five-year forecast, the district projects expenditures from its operating accounts to be $11,371 per pupil for the 2009-10 school year. This per-pupil cost is up more than 7.8 percent over the 2008-09 school year. The per-pupil costs are projected to increase 6.0 percent for 2010-11, 4.4 percent for 2011-12 and 5.5 percent for 2012-13. This results in a per-pupil cost of $13,286 for 2012-13. This would be a 26-percent increase over 2008-09 costs.

Another $2 Million Surplus Revealed – In Addition to $16.4 million Surplus.

Permanent Improvement Tax Levy Still Considered for Nov. Ballot.

Please contact your elected Board of Education right away if you agree no additional taxes are needed.

New Albany-Plain Local School officials are still considering placing a Permanent Improvement tax levy on the November ballot -- even though another $2 million surplus has been revealed in the Permanent Improvement Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30.

This $2 million surplus is in addition to the $16.4 million surplus of taxpayers’ dollars in the school district’s operating fund – and that’s before any of the new taxes from last year’s November begin collecting.

Take Action Right Away!

Contact your school board members to tell them additional taxes are not needed. The deadline for the school board’s decision is August 20.

Learn more about the $2 million permanent improvement fund surplus and the $16.4 million operating fund surplus.

School District Surplus $16.4 Million Before New Tax Levy Collection Even Begins

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Citizens Group Calls on Board of Education & Administration to Cancel Planned November, 2009 Permanent Improvement Tax Levy and to Extend Life of 2008 Operating Levy From Three Years to Four or Five Years

New Albany (OH) – Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility & Accountability says New Albany-Plain Local School District financial reports show that school officials will boast a $16.4 million surplus for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2009 -- before the District starts collecting its additional taxes from its operating levy passed last November.