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Schools to share business manager

Middletown, Monroe districts say move will save money. George Long will split time at two offices

The Middletown and Monroe school districts will share a business manager this school year, a move they say will save them about $100,000 annually.

When Middletown’s and Monroe’s business managers left for other positions, it created a shared resources opportunity for the districts.

George Long is expected to be hired by the Butler County Educational Service Center and will serve as business manager in both districts, working 2.5 days in each Middletown and Monroe.

By sharing a business manager, Middletown will save about $50,000 and Monroe will save $48,000, the superintendents said.

Greg Rasmussen, Middletown superintendent, said saving money was attractive to the district, but at the same time, it was important to have “high quality” education.

GOOD IDEA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER POSITIONS IN THE MIDD. SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE THIS IDEA COULD BE APPLIED? HOW ABOUT THE TREASURER'S POSITION? THE TRUENCY POSITION? FACILITES MANAGER POSITIONS? OTHERS?

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VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Shared Responsibilities Posted: Jul 17 2012 at 6:43am
	Today's Journal... Schools to share business manager Middletown, Monroe districts say move will save money. George Long will split time at two offices The Middletown and Monroe school districts will share a business manager this school year, a move they say will save them about $100,000 annually. When Middletown’s and Monroe’s business managers left for other positions, it created a shared resources opportunity for the districts. George Long is expected to be hired by the Butler County Educational Service Center and will serve as business manager in both districts, working 2.5 days in each Middletown and Monroe. By sharing a business manager, Middletown will save about $50,000 and Monroe will save $48,000, the superintendents said. Greg Rasmussen, Middletown superintendent, said saving money was attractive to the district, but at the same time, it was important to have “high quality” education. GOOD IDEA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER POSITIONS IN THE MIDD. SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE THIS IDEA COULD BE APPLIED? HOW ABOUT THE TREASURER'S POSITION? THE TRUENCY POSITION? FACILITES MANAGER POSITIONS? OTHERS?

sassygirl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Immigrant Joined: Jul 10 2011 Location: middletown Status: Offline Points: 29	Post Options Post Reply Quote sassygirl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 20 2012 at 12:48pm
	All central office administrative and support service should be combined. Is Rasmussen implying that Middletown has "high quality" education? HAHA. Middletown might be improving but they are far from providing a "high quality" education. Who is does he think he is kidding?

chmoore1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Jan 25 2012 Status: Offline Points: 230	Post Options Post Reply Quote chmoore1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jul 20 2012 at 1:47pm
	Vet: this should have been posted here instead of another thread. chmoore Vet: thank you for the enjoyable reply! I think that we agree on more than the surface indicates. Here is something that you might have missed in your other post about the combined Business Manager: Middletown's recent BM earned about $85,000 if I remember correctly from last spring's list of public salaries. Monroe's probably made about the same---I don't remember---plus he had HR responsibilities. Middletown now has food service, custodial/maintenance and transportation contracted out. Monroe has transportation, custodial/maintenance, and---possibly---food service (but I may be wrong about that one). HR will be done by Dr. Lolli according to one article. Each district will pay 1/2 of his $107,500!!!! salary. Mr. Long made 99,000 at Springboro, with responsibility for each of those areas, including HR. His "combined" salary jumped from about $85,000 to $107,500, with far less responsibilities. Each district will have a half-time Business Manager (21/2 days per weeks). Didn't really save anything on that set-up. Maybe 1/2 of $85,000 would have saved some money for .5 employee. chmoore