How do District Level cuts impact Horace Mann School?
Current proposed cuts at the district level will impact Horace Mann in several ways: • New staff contracts will be frozen as well all health insurance contributions by the school district • Central office administrators will be cut or retirees will not be replaced • Our fund balance will be spent down below 5% (impacts district credit rating) • Consultants, food, and travel will be decreased • Elementary instrumental music will be reduced (band for Horace Mann) • English Language Learning and Special Education will be cut (impacts staffing at schools and increases student:teacher ratio) • Transportation will be cut (Special Needs Kindergarten will move to Cherokee Heights Magnet School) • Athletics will be cut • Operations will be cut (could impact buildings and grounds services or custodial services at our school) • Various other small programming cuts that would have little impact here
