11. internships. Provide a small stipend instead of paychecks to staff. Many other government organizations
implement large-scale internship programs.
Do not fill E & S Director position.
Since RPS provides a quality education for all students - why do we have so many choice schools? Are they
costing us more $ to operate than if they used our great curriculum that we already have? Can we cut down on
transporting so many students by using these buildings as neighborhood schools?
Using solar system or wind energy for the future.
Less freedom for areas to purchase whatever they feel is "needed" just to let it sit in the supply closets. Less
spending money left in accounts the end of the year just to use that money so that we get the same amount in that
budget the next year. Not providing transportation to IT - in transition - costs a lot.
Less "support" for IT - in transition - transporting to any school is costly.
Reduce staff in Insurance by 2 positions - shift savings if possible.
Eliminate construction services, use vendors. Outsource transportation. Put freeze on hiring new teachers with
Masters. We are paying new teachers at the top of scale.
Reduce traveling teachers - so mileage doesn't need to be paid for traveling between buildings. Increase hours
(for teachers) worked to be able to have insurance benefits.
A district in the cities is reducing H.S. classes from 7 periods a day to 6 - fits into reducing class time.
Alternative high school schedule.
Eliminate Efficacy training for now since extra staff is required which means pay of extra hours to employees
and not enough progress or even support from teachers as to the methods used in Efficacy. (Some) teachers are not
even following the different strategies.
Cluster together smaller buildings similar to Churchill/Hoover to ? the number of students at each grade level.
You may be able to have "smaller" classes rather than 1 large class of a teacher + a pt time teacher.
Cut out stipends for staff that are exempt. They are salary employees and a lot of the items they are paid for by
these stipends should be covered by their contract.
Create a staff development center for southern Minnesota and offer classes to other districts.
Reduce the administrative staff and salary in buildings. Reduce overtime - being abused.
Explore new HS schedule i.e. 5x3. Raise secondary class size.