School Committee FY21 Budget Overview May 18, 2020
Agenda I. Vision and Mission II. Strategic Priorities and Goals III. New and Continued Investments IV. Balancing the Budget V. Budget Assumptions VI. FY21 Budget VII. HPS Budget Trends VIII. Final Thoughts Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 2
HPS Vision - A pathway for every student Our students: Graduate with an additional credential that provides for college and career options And are: • Effective Communicators • Critical Thinkers • Engaged and Productive Community Members • Mindful Individu als Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 3
HPS Mission To be the 1 st educational choice for Holyoke families by designing multiple pathways where all students graduate prepared to excel in college, career and community leadership. Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 4
Click to edit Master title style Agenda • Vision & Values Strategic Priorities and Goals • • New and Continued Investments • Balancing the Budget • Budget Assumptions • FY20 Budget HPS Budget Trends • • Final Thoughts Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 5
HPS Strategic Priorities, 2018-2021 Ensuring every child is successful every day High Personalized Quality Pathways Instruction Instructional Management E E for All & Operations Leadership Q Q U U I I Engaged Supporting T T Students, Empowered Family & Families Schools Y Professional Y Community and Culture Engagement Community An Effective and Thriving workforce Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 6
HPS Strategic Goals, SY20-21 Instructional Leadership • Dramatically increase grade-level reading and math proficiency for all students Management and Operations • Students’ academic, social/emotional, and behavioral learning needs are met through a tiered system of academic, social emotional and behavioral supports. Family and Community Engagement • All families feel empowered and equipped to partner with schools to meet their children’s needs Professional Culture • Schools are a place where educators and staff continually grow and learn in order to achieve exceptional results for all students Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 7
A Deeper Focus on Instructional Core Content: Standards- Teacher: Continuous based curriculum, learner, relevance & rigor, real demonstrated world connections, expertise in content sparks curiosity. and pedagogy, Teacher responsive to student needs, Teacher Content Content employs culturally Tasks: Tasks are what relevant and students do to learn Students academic content and trauma-sensitive skills. Tasks provide a The practices structure and an outcome for learning in Task our classrooms. Tasks are Student: Actively purposeful and explicitly engages in schoolwork connected to desired Students (reading, writing, learning (curriculum), they capitalize on exploring, students’ funds of communicating, etc.), knowledge, centers on agents of their own problem-solving or learning (ownership) meaning making. Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 8
Strong Equity Lens We continually ground ourselves in the following questions: • Ensure that the students/families/staff who need the most get the most? • Incorporate the voices of those impacted, especially those who have not been heard historically? • Promote access and inclusion for all students/families/staff, especially for those who are not being heard? • Reflect and embrace the greater diversity of our students and Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 9
Click to edit Master title style Agenda • Vision & Values Strategic Priorities • • New and Continued Investments • Balancing the Budget • Budget Assumptions • FY21 Budget HPS Budget Trends • • Final Thoughts Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 10
Click to edit Master title style Priority Investments In response to stakeholder input and in alignment with our priorities, goals and instructional focus, we have made priority investments in the following areas: Expanded access to full day, high-quality pre-kindergarten for • * 4-year-olds, including collaboration with local providers Early College programs focused on students under- • * represented in higher education • Increased personnel and services to support holistic student * needs (BRYT program, content-based coaching) • Inclusion/co-teaching for students with disabilities and English * Learners and dual language expansion • Expand access to arts, athletics, and enrichment and strategic * scheduling for common planning time for teachers Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 11
Click to edit Master title style Key New Investments Instructional Leadership Expand Dual Language- grow EN White (3 rd grade) and Metcalf (grade 6) • and convert a Kindergarten classroom to DL at Kelly • Expand to grade 7 at Veritas Prep Holyoke (students from Kelly and Morgan) • Transition Donahue students to STEM for middle school Provide extra investments to strengthen the newer middle school • programs at STEM, Veritas and Metcalf and phase out the middle school program at Kelly • Hire more EL (4 positions) and Special Education (4.5 positions) teachers to meet the needs of dual-identified students • Add an additional districtwide Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 12
Click to edit Master title style Key New Investments Instructional Leadership (cont.) • Invest in the implementation of a true “inclusion” model at Donahue School (1 classroom teacher) and additional consultation/professional development • Adopt Social Studies curriculum (Newsela K-6, newly designed ethnic studies/civics courses for grade 7 & 8) • Expand the use of Science STEMscopes throughout K-8 • Increase professional development and coaching across dual language programs to improve cohesion/consistency • Add 2 additional arts teachers (Metcalf, Lawrence/Morgan) • Adopt Illustrative math for Algebra and Geometry at HHS • Add a College and Career Counselor at HHS • Introduce iLIT (Literacy) Intervention focused on supporting EL students • Increase staffing to ensure 2 person shops at HHS Dean Campus • Provide level service to schools without cutting school discretionary money (per pupil allocation stays the same) Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 13
Click to edit Master title style Key New Investments Management and Operations • Significant investment in social emotional and learning and mental health support: • Brookline Center for Community Mental Health partnership • Curriculum adoption and more extensive training opportunities • Increase security monitoring by adding camera coverage across schools • Replace classroom and hallway rugs at Metcalf • Invest in the upgrading of the new Metcalf Dual Language middle school space • Introduce retro-fit lighting in some schools • Install more water filtration water stations throughout the District • Provide furniture and materials for the opening of new classrooms Family and Community Engagement • Open more seats in full-day Pre-K programs for special education students • Launch online student registration process Professional Culture • Strengthen PD and coaching for Pre-Kindergarten teachers • Add 3 new districtwide instructional coaches • Provide funding for our aspiring school leader pipelines Holyoke Public Schools A pathway for every student 14
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