OCC
Current Budget (SY2425)
These are the highlights presented to the overall community in a slideshow during the OCC meeting followed by its approval. Approved on 10/17/24.
Overview
Purpose. The OCC budget is intended to align with and complement the school’s DCPS budget. The OCC budget, among other things, helps to fill in gaps in funding from DCPS.
Annual family donations are critical. Annual fund donations have in the past, and are expected in the ’24-’25 school year, to provide the vast majority of the OCC’s funds. To date we are approximately 60% of the way to our fundraising goal.
Balanced. One of the main focuses this year was to create a balanced budget, which is standard practice and fiscally responsible. It will allow us to encourage community members to spend the full amounts allocated to them, without burdening the organization in future years. Accordingly, any additions or increases to the proposed budget will require corresponding reductions elsewhere.
Process. The budget was created with input from parent board members, the teachers and the principal.
Revenues
Annual Family Contributions represent the overwhelming majority of OCC’s funding. The contributions reflected in the budget represent a 50% increase over last year’s amount, an increase the board believes is reasonable and attainable.
Christmas tree sales, merchandise sales, and the Book Fair are the other main sources of revenue.
Fiesta, the Musical and the Yearbook are break-even or slightly negative.
Additional sources of funds, such as an auction and grants, are under consideration.
Expenses
Staff Funds
The amounts available to the staff are the same as last year.
Funds for classroom supplies and recess equipment are available to each teacher. Each grade may access funds for additional math and science materials and for field trips. The specials teachers’ have special allocations tuned to their needs.
Funds are available for SPED, TAG/ELL and the instructional coaches, for each counselor, psychologist, social worker and behavior tech, and for the principal, each assistant principal and the restorative justice coordinator.
Academic and Community
The amounts are substantially the same as last year, except for the addition of professional development and a reduction in tutoring and overnight field trips.
The web curriculum expenses include RAZ Kids, Reflex Math, and other technology platforms for learning.
The funding for tutoring was set based on the administration’s expected needs.
Student activities supported by OCC include clubs, visiting theater performances, STEM showcases, social activities, 8th grade graduation, sports and the musical.
Community events include celebrations for Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, Fiesta and Field Day.
Administrative
The amounts are substantially the same as last year, except for a reduction in bookkeeping expenses and the creation of an unallocated pot of funds to address needs as they arise.
Fundraising expenses primarily support the Christmas tree sale and the book fair.
The PayPal and Square fees are a percentage of the expected revenue from donations and merchandise and tree sales.
Reminder
Annual fund contributions make OCC work! OCC uses those funds to support, among other things:
General supplies and furnishings for classrooms, books for our bilingual library, laboratory supplies and robotics kits for science and math classes, and field trips to places such as the GALA theater, the Goddard Space Flight Center, Woodend Sanctuary, and Watkins Nature Center.
Web curriculum resources, like RAZ Kids and Reflex Math, and pay for tutoring.
La Noche, the Black History Month celebration, Fiesta, and Field Day.
Sports (coaching and equipment for the cross country, track, basketball, soccer and volleyball teams), Teatro de Luna, the Adams musical, the STEM showcases, clubs (such as choir, Her clubs for elementary and middle school, and the board game club), and a portion of the 8th grade dance and graduation festivities.
Previous Budgets
Contact our chair of treasurer for previous budgets not listed below.
