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Financial Recovery Plan

AWLS Financial Recovery Plan

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Development required the District to develop a financial plan to eliminate the negative cash balance in fiscal year 2025 (FY-25) and fiscal year 2026 (FY-26).

The AWLS Board of Education approved the plan on January 29, 2024.

NOTE: Following the failure of the proposed operational levy, the Board of Education and District Administration will review the Financial Recovery Plan and communicate next steps with stakeholders before the end of the 2023-24 school year. If you would like to receive informational updates from AWLS, please click here to register your email.

Reducing Expenses

As requested by stakeholders, the District made immediate budget reductions for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. These include:

2023-24 School Year: Immediate Reductions
  • Material and supply accounts have been reduced by $125,000
  • Purchased service accounts have been reduced by $150,000
  • The open school psychologist position will not be filled

With the failure of the proposed operational levy in March 2024, the District is facing additional expenditure reductions in the coming years, as approved in the Financial Recovery Plan. 

NOTE: The Board of Education and District Administration will review the Financial Recovery Plan and communicate next steps with stakeholders before the end of the 2023-24 school year.

2024-2025 school year approved expenditure reductions as a result of the levy failure
  • The reductions described above, plus:
  • Further reduce material and supply accounts by $125,000
  • Further reduce purchased services allocations by $150,000
  • Staff reductions through retirement / resignation
  • Administrative personnel reductions
  • Implement pay-to-participate for HS/JH extracurricular activities
  • Reduce supplemental contracts for extracurricular activities
  • Personnel reductions in custodial and media center services
  • Eliminate bus service within an approximate one-mile radius of a school
  • Eliminate extracurricular bus transportation

2025-2026 school year approved expenditure reductions as a result of the levy failure
  • The reductions described above, plus:
  • Further reduce the material and supply accounts by $125,000
  • Further reduce purchased service allocations by $150,000
  • Further administrative personnel reductions
  • Further decrease supplemental positions for extracurricular activities
  • Further reduce bus service to within an approximate two-mile radius of a school
  • Reduce security services at Fallen Timbers Middle School
  • Eliminate District-sponsored field trips.

2026-2027, 2027-2028 and 2029 approved expenditure reductions as a result of the levy failure
  • As required by law, the five year forecast will be updated in May 2024. In that update, the projected salary increases will be decreased to 1% for FY26, FY27 and FY28.

Further expenditure reductions to be considered
If further budget reductions are necessary, the Board of Education and District Administration will consider decreasing or eliminating the Gifted and Intervention Services offered to students.

About the AWLS Plan for Balancing the Budget

The Board of Education and AWLS Administration worked together to develop this Financial Recovery Plan, which includes ways for the District to increase revenue and cut operating expenses. The details of this plan are shared here to provide stakeholders with a transparent look at the District's current financial situation and the reasons for asking voters for additional operational funding in the fall of 2023 and spring of 2024.

Empowering Students to be Future Ready
The Board of Education and District Administration developed this plan with the District mission, vision, core beliefs and goals at the forefront of the decision making, with a priority of minimizing impact on student classroom experiences. 

Remaining Responsive to Our Community

The AW Community expects:

  • that students can demonstrate the Portrait of a General competencies and be well prepared for their future plans upon graduation

  • our schools to be among the best in the state

  • the District will utilize conservative fiscal practices in providing services to students, parents and the community.

Information gathered from the Financial Planning Survey distributed to stakeholders last fall helped the Board and Administrators develop this Financial Recovery Plan. Thank you for your feedback.

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