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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-10-11 adjooo 4 October 11, 1993 (Adjourned Meeting) (Page 1) An adjourned meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, was held on October 11, 1993, at 5:30 p.m., Meeting Room 5/6, County Office Building, Charlottesville, Virginia, said meeting being adjourned from October 6, 1993. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mr. Edward H. Bain, Jr., Mr. David P. Bowerman and Mrs. Charlotte Y. Humphris, BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Messrs. Forrest R. Marshall, Jr., Charles S. Martin and Walter F. Perkins. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mrs. Patricia L. Moore, Mrs. Karen L. Powell, Mrs. Sharon Wood, Messrs. Clifford W. Haury, George C. Landrith, III, William W. Finley and Michael J. Marshall. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: None. OFFICERS PRESENT: County Executive, Robert W. Tucker, Jr., and Superin- tendent of Schools, Robert W. Paskel. Agenda Item No. 1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 5:30 P.M., by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Bowerman and the Chairman of the School Board, Mr. Marshall. Mr. Bowerman noted that the Board of Supervisors does not have a quorum present at this time. Since there is an appointment to be made, if at that time there still is no quorum, the appointment will be deferred until the Board's meeting on October 13. Agenda Item No. 2. Joint Meeting with School Board. Item 2a. Enrollment Projections. Dr. Paskel first introduced the newly hired Director of Fiscal Services, Mr. Brian Reed. Dr. Paskel said the Board of Supervisors were provided enrollment figures, as of September 30, 1993, for each school, per grade. The School Division has not run any new projections using this data. The variance of 212 students at the end of Septermber will have an impact on the out years. The School Division does not know yet, and probably will not know until next year, why the 916 live births five years ago translated only to 810 kindergartners this year. There is some speculation that parents held their youngsters out or placed them in a private school setting to basically circumvent the change in the age requirements. The interpretation from the State Department of Education is that once a child has been enrolled, whether in private or public school in any state, and then transfers to the public school after having kindergarten experience, the age requirement does not apply. He thinks there may be a surprise in enrollment for first grade next year. Mr. Bain asked if the School Division has corresponded with the four or five schools with kindergarten to see what their enrollment figures are. Dr. Paskel responded "no"; they used a scientific process. For example, Covenant School expanded its enrollment this year, and the School Division knows that a significant number of those students come from Albemarle County because of the proportion between the City and County. The other factor taken into account was buildout of the housing developments. Dr. Paskel said school administra- tion is interested in knowing what the School Board and Board of Supervisors would like for them to do at this point other than update their figures and enrollment projections, as soon as possible, and look at the impact on the planning aspects of the process. Mr. Tucker said he thinks that along with the update the information should include budget impact. Mr. Bowerman asked if there will be a fiscal impact for 1993/94 in terms of state revenues. Dr. Paskel said the School Division typically has a loss in enrollment from September 30 to March 30 and the number lost each year is not the same. Currently the total enrollment of 10,581 is 31 students over what was budgeted for as of March 30. If the School Division lose the smallest number of students that it lost in the last three years, which is about 160 students, the net would be 130 students, which equates to approxi- mately $2000 per student in state revenue that they would not be receiving. If the School Division lose on a worse case scenario such as 300 students, which would be 270 students, that would increase the amount lost in state revenue. Mr. Bowerman asked if it would be possible to look at the total number of kindergartners, from the County, enrolled in private schools and add those number to the school's totals to see if the totals come to the projected figures. Dr. Paskel responded, "yes". Mr. Bowerman suggested that school personnel try to find out if those students will be enrolled in public schools next year. 000147 October 11, 1993 (Adjourned Meeting) (Page 2) Mr. Bowerman asked if a plan has been developed to deal with lost state revenues in the worse case scenario. Dr. Paskel said "yes", one part of that plan is before the School Board tonight and the other part is the seven and one-half percent hold back. The two plans can cover the worse case scenario. Mr. Haury said Board members were provided with a set of enrollment projections prepared by the Center for Public Services. These projections show a decline in enrollment. He suggests that if there is going to be some analysis or discussion of these figures, the Supervisors or School Board should contact Mike Spaar and Sudie Sakurada, and ask them to speak about their projections. The School Division bases its projections on actual birth data for five years and estimated birth data for five years. He is not in support of enlarging the projection base. The Center for Public Services made an enrollment projection for 20 years and based their projections on estimated births for 15 of those 20 years. He feels that either Mr. Spaar or Ms. Sakurada should explain how they statistically determined that the birth rate in Albemarle will decline. They may have some information about the census that helped them make those predictions. The School Division has not seen a decline in birth rate. Mr. Haury said he has received a communication from The Coalition for Tax Equity which referred to the projections. The enroll- ment projections used by the School Division, leaving out kindergarten, is less than one percent error which is good projections. He thinks that the idea of asking about kindergarten enrollment is a good idea. Mr. Bowerman suggested the Long Range Planning Committee from the schools needed to review this information provided by the Center for Public Services find out what they are basing the information on. Item No. 2c. Appointment of Director of Human Resources. Mr. Tucker recommended that the Board of Supervisors and School Board appoint Mr. Robert B. Brandenburger as Director of Human Resources. Mr. Brandenburger has been employed by Albemarle County since 1987. He was employed as Benefits Coordinator in the Department of Human Resources for four years, and then in 1991 he was appointed Assistant County Executive. Mr. Brandenburger has an excellent working relationship with General Government and the School Division. He will recommend to the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday that Mr. Brandenburger be appointed the Director of Human Resources. Mrs Moore offered motion, seconded by Mr. Landrith, to appoint Mr. Robert B. Brandenburger as the Director of Human Resources. By a voice vote, the motion passed unanimously. Item No. 2c. Other Matters not Listed on the Agenda. There were none. Agenda Item No. 3. Adjourn. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 5:51 P.M.