Draft Budget Overview 2017-18 Presentation to the Board of Education March 21, 2017
Areas of Focus that Drive Our Improvement Every student by face and name. Every school, every classroom. PRIORITIZING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY To and through graduation. BUILDING RELATIONAL CAPACITY NURTURING INNOVATION CREATING COHERENCE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACTION RESULTS 2
A Framework for Action: Leading High Poverty Schools to Higher Achievement 3
Actions We Are Implementing This Semester STRATEGY KEY ACTIONS UNDERWAY Central Office Redesign T&L partnership and support teams visit every classroom CO teams reassigned to schools 3 days/week HR and Employee Relations Early teacher recruitment and hiring initiative with a strong equity-driven focus Teaching, Pedagogy and Curriculum Principal pipeline and teacher-leader work with national partners Social-Emotional Learning and Support Superintendent’s rapid -response teams Expand use of DeGruy relationship model, restorative practices and culturally responsive curriculum focus Student, Family & Community Strengthen voice and role of school-based Engagement planning teams Activate student voice and leadership in every secondary school March 31 summit led by RCSD students Focus and Align Resources for Results Budget process redesigned to focus squarely on 4 students and schools
What Our Budget Needs to Accomplish • Every student, classroom and school has the support, resources and schedule they need to improve achievement, close gaps and graduate on time, career- and college-ready • Every employee and department has the technical support, professional learning system and organizational structure they need to lift student and school performance 5
Superintendent’s Budget Direction to Senior Team 6
Drive More Resources to Schools and Students • Line-by-line analysis of each department and school budget • Shift resources from Central Office to schools where possible • Reduce bureaucracy, management layers to increase efficiency and eliminate barriers to quality • Beginning spring 2017, review job descriptions to ensure the work being done directly supports schools and is aligned to reorganization 7
Improve Teaching and Learning Support for Schools T&L/ Accountability/ Build real-time data tracking systems and organize school/District schedules IM&T to enable review of key performance indicators for every student, every five weeks, and build actionable strategies that disrupt cycles of poor performance T&L Partnership & Analyze each school’s bright spots and resource needs Support Teams Deputy Supt./ Redesign the T&L organization into ongoing teams that work in partnership School Chiefs with school leaders to focus on shared goals and improved performance T&L/Finance/School Fund requirements first — ensure that each school has the programs, staff Chiefs and support to meet State and federal regulations (Part 100, Part 154, Part 200 of Education Law) T&L/Schools Expand Tier 1, 2 and 3 culturally responsive models of instruction for grade- level proficiency, acceleration, enrichment and personalized support - Add reading, math and social-emotional learning staff to ensure every child has access to the supports they need - Create school schedules that ensure the necessary instructional time to lift achievement and close gaps in learning Deputy Supt./School Increase support for professional learning, building master schedules and Chiefs/T&L/Principals District/school calendars that embed time for professional learning while reducing reliance on substitute costs 8
The Voice of 2,000 Teachers – Initial Analysis 9
Increase Learning Opportunities at Every Grade Level GRADE LEVEL OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND • Maintain or expand programs for 3- and 4-year-olds Prekindergarten • Strengthen literacy and math instruction at all grades K to 8 Elementary • Ensure adequate mandated instructional time to close gaps • Give students full access to exploratory courses, acceleration, remediation Middle grades • Provide social and emotional services designed for early adolescents • Return AVID program to middle grades 7-9 • Expand CTE opportunities for all students at secondary grade levels Secondary • Increase advanced coursework, AP and early college options and enrollment • Expand restorative practices, the DeGruy relationship model and other All grade levels systemic efforts to improve school climate • Provide schools the support they need to implement the Code of Conduct — professional development, technical support and resources • Expand Community Schools models • Expand development of culturally relevant curriculum • Expand instructional PD to ensure high-quality Tier I in all classroom settings 10
Strengthen Partnerships with Parents and Community Organizations • Expand the role of schools as the driver of improvement with fully developed School-Based Planning Teams helping to support every student by face and name • Grow the development of an RCSD community schools model • Use the “community as our classroom” model and leverage learning opportunities with community and corporate organizations • Increase corporate and nonprofit financial sponsorships to adopt schools and programs, and deliver services to students 11 11
2017-18 Budget Overview • Process and investment overview • Enrollment • Staffing • Revenues and expenditures • Budget gap and closure strategies • Timeline 12 12
A New Approach to the Budget • New Finance team • Line-by-line analysis • Upfront involvement by School Chiefs, Executive Directors, Directors and Principals • Fund State and federal requirements first • Prioritize other investments based on data - Academic return on investment (AROI) • Share information transparently - Our team will continue to seek stakeholder input before finalizing our proposal Our intent is not to eliminate any programs or services that benefit children, but we will need more support from our State and community 13
Investing in Student and School Success EXPAND OR MAINTAIN REDEPLOY AND RE-INVEST • Certified reading and math teachers • Plan to decrease reliance on substitutes • Social, emotional and mental health • Reduce reliance on consultant services as supports a long-term practice • Instruction for ELL students • Redeploy CO educators to schools • Prekindergarten opportunities • Flex staff schedules to reduce overtime • Full continuum of services for students • Manage student schedules to maximize with disabilities use of resources • Career and Technical Education programs • Provide professional development as • Professional learning for Principals extension of the school day; use creative and teachers models for embedded PD • Community school models • Conduct CSE meetings at schools, or in • Expanded learning time schools community settings, instead of CO • Summer learning programs • Lower utility costs by reducing coffee pots • Early education programs and refrigerators • Advanced Placement and early • Implement a paper usage tracking system college opportunities and report quarterly • Expeditionary Learning, Montessori, • Seek efficiencies in health care costs AVID, IB and other model programs 14
District Budgetary Actions • Fund State and federal requirements (Part 100, Part 154, Part 200 of Education Law) • Increase Reading/Intervention Teachers +126 FTE +$8.2M • Counselors/Social Worker +17 FTE +$1.1M • SPED/ESOL +26 FTE +$1.7M • CO Personnel shift to schools, reporting to Principal • 22 CASE shift to Teaching positions +$1.4M • 60 Reading Teachers +$3.9M • Operational Savings • Programmatic realignment -$1.2M • Overtime reduction -$0.5M • Substitute cost savings -$1.5M 15
10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 5,000 0 37,159 1999-00 35,431 2000-01 1,328 35,095 2001-02 1,509 Student counts do not include Pre-K, private and parochial schools 34,330 1,718 2002-03 33,832 1,979 2003-04 Student Enrollment RCSD K-12 33,055 2004-05 2,064 33,417 2005-06 659 32,586 2006-07 781 32,768 2007-08 1,060 1,175 Charter School 32,032 2008-09 31,511 2009-10 1,318 31,247 2010-11 1,724 30,412 2011-12 2,168 29,197 2012-13 2,668 28,936 2013-14 3,227 28,316 4,035 2014-15 27,611 4,513 2015-16 26,984 5,262 2016-17 27,011 5,900 2017-18 16
District K-12 Enrollment Total Enrollment 32,000 31,000 30,000 29,000 28,000 27,000 26,000 25,000 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 17
Charter School Enrollment Trend Over $15 million additional tuition cost projected based on Governor’s proposal to unfreeze the 7,000 tuition rate. RCSD based tuition rate would increase Projected from $12,590 to $15,178 per pupil. 5,900 6,000 5,262 5,000 4,513 Students 4,000 4,035 3,000 3,227 2,668 2,000 2,168 1,724 1,318 1,000 1,060 1,175 781 659 0 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (Projected) 18
Staffing By Category 2016-17 FTE 2017-18 FTE Year to Year (12-9-16) Projected Change Teachers 3,457.65 3,601.19 143.54 Administrators 302.20 281.70 -20.50 Civil Service 1,492.12 1,500.61 8.49 Teaching Assistants 282.00 293.00 11.00 Paraprofessionals 500.00 500.60 0.60 TOTAL 6,033.97 6,177.10 143.13 19
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