Legion of Data Nerds
Where else could the District find savings?
Budget levers, discrepancies in the District’s projections, comparisons with peer districts, and ideas for sharing costs with the City.
Per-student spending by budget line across nearby districts, as a guide to where reductions could come from. Evanston out-spends every peer district by at least $4,180 per student.
An interactive look at how D65 spends its Educational Fund, FY2012–FY2026: spending by category as a share of the budget, in dollars or per pupil, with peer districts to compare.
A shared-cart model for grades 1–4, using iPads the District already had, would have saved an estimated $200,938 compared with the 1:1 purchase the Board approved.
Community-sourced ideas for City–D65 collaboration and new revenue, from sharing the cost of crossing guards to a public library branch and cell tower leasing.
An interactive companion to the Financial Levers memo for testing budget levers.
A guide to using the Financial Levers app.
A plain-language walk through the District’s “no action” budget slide and the terms behind it.
A $2M gap between the District consultant’s financial projections presented on Nov. 3 and Nov. 17.
Levers to reach above 70% utilization in every middle-school feeder pattern while prioritizing students, Title I schools and programming.
Victor Filippini’s memo on cooperation between D65 and Evanston city government.