Letter to the Community Dear Beachwood Residents: The governor's recently-proposed changes to state funding, which could impact local Ohio school districts, has garnered attention from news media and local school officials. We know that Ohio school districts anticipate funding changes if the governor's current budget recommendations go into effect. Generally speaking, the changes are consistent with a "Robin Hood" funding philosophy designed to shift resources to economically-challenged districts. Funding adjustments would be made according to a district's placement in one of five wealth quintiles. Beachwood, one of Ohio's wealthiest districts due to the combined value of our commercial and residential tax bases, is in Ohio's fifth quintile with a wealth rank of 607 among 610 public school districts. Thus, Beachwood is among those scheduled to lose the greatest percentage of state revenue. The greatest reduction in state monies for the Beachwood City School District would result from the proposed phase-out of the hold-harmless provision related to the elimination of the Tangible Personal Property tax. If implemented as presently proposed by the governor, the loss would be $689,271 in Fiscal Year 2016 with an additional reduction of $624,855 in FY2017, for a total permanent loss of $1,314,126 to Beachwood Schools over two years. Please keep in mind that these funding concerns are rooted in the governor's preliminary budget plan. We do not yet know if the final version of the budget will contain these reductions. However, please know that we and state educational advocacy groups monitor such matters closely, and we will keep you apprised of developments as they occur. Sincerely, Richard A. Markwardt, Ph.D., Superintendent Michele E. Mills, Treasurer & Director of Finance Beachwood City School District “ I“I o u n d iit A L L iin one place!”! ” f found t ALL n o n e p l a c e Life, ,Made E a s i e r L i f e M a d e Easier Aging Resources Help for Mom & Dad One Campus. Many Solutions. One Person at a a Time. One Campus. Many Solutions. One Person at Time. 4 HomeHealth Services Home Health Services Skilled Nursing and Personal Care 4 Marcus Post HospitalPersonal Care Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Outpatient Occupational & Speech Therapies 4 Outpatient Occupational & Speech Therapies 4 Peter B. Lewis Aquatic & Therapy Center Home Health Services 4 Peter B. Lewis Aquatic &Physical Therapy Aquatic & Land-based Therapy Center Aquatic Living Shoppe Skilled Nursing and Personal Care Adaptive and Land-Based Physical Therapy 4 Adaptive Living Shoppe Daily Living Products Emergency Response & 4 Door to Door ResponseNon-emergency Transportation Outpatient Occupational &Daily Living Products Emergency Reliable and Speech Therapies Center 4 Adult B. Lewis Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Door-to-Door, Aquatic & Therapy Center 4 Peter DayPersonal Care and Enrichment Daytime 4 Adult Day Care Housekeeping Land-Based Physical Therapy Aquatic and Plus Daytime Personal Care and Enrichment Light Housekeeping & Heavy Cleaning 4 Housekeeping Plus 4 Dialysis Living Shoppe Adaptive Light Housekeeping and Heavy Cleaning Service Menorah Park Aging Resources Emergency Your Fingertips Information at Response and Daily Living Products 4 Dialysis 4Residential Park Aging Resources 4 Menorah Options: Door-to-Door, Non-Emergency Medical Transportation The Information at Your Fintertips R.H. Myers Apartments 4 Adult Day Care Stone Gardens Assisted Living Residence Residential Options: Wiggins Place Apartments The R.H. MyersAssisted Living Residence Daytime Personal Care and Enrichment Menorah Park Skilled Living Residence Stone Gardens AssistedNursingResidence Wiggins Place Assisted Living 4 Housekeepingm e n o r Residence r k . o r g w w w Plus Menorah Park .Skilled Nursinga h p a Home 27100 Cedar Road * Beachwood,OH 44122 Helen’s Light Housekeeping and Heavy Cleaning Service Place Memory Care Apartments Menorah Park Center for Senior Living Menorah Park Center for Senior Living Menorah Center for Senior Living One Campus. Many Solutions. One Person at a Time. 4 MarcusPost Hospital Rehabilitation Marcus Post Hospital Rehabilitation 4 Dialysis w w. m e n o r a h p a r k . o r g w 4 Menorah Park Beth Silver at (216) 839-6678 Call Aging Resources Information at Your Fintertips 27100 Cedar Road • Beachwood, OH 44122 Call Beth Silver at (216)839-6678 When purchasing tickets to attend the Cleveland International Film Festival, be sure to use coupon code BCHWDB to receive $2 off each ticket. Residential Options: The R.H. Myers Apartments Stone Gardens Assisted Living Residence Wiggins Place Assisted Living Residence Menorah Park Skilled Nursing Home Helen’s Place Memory Care Apartments w w w. m e n o r a h p a r k . o r g 27100 Cedar Road • Beachwood, OH 44122 Call Beth Silver at (216) 839-6678 March 2015 n Beachwood Buzz 7 Aging Resources Aging Resources Help for Me & Hubby rces Aging Resou