Smart Bond Initiative Avoca Passed by New York Voters in November - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Smart Bond Initiative Avoca Passed by New York Voters in November of 2014 Central Schools Awarded $2 Billion to all Schools based on enrollment and state aid formula Smart Schools Initiative Avoca Central’s Award is $726,321 July 2018 1 2 What you can’t do….. Rules for the use of these funds •You cannot pay salaries ▪ Classroom Connectivity 6 categories •You cannot pay for software ▪ Classroom Technology •You cannot pay for professional development ▪ Community Connection ▪ Pre-K Classroom •You are expected to provide these, but you can’t pay for Improvements them from the Bond. ▪ Elimination of Temporary/Trailer Classrooms ▪ School Security and Safety 3 4

Step 1 Step 2 ●Administration works with the district’s architects ● Students - Addam Cansdale Establish a Smart Bond ● Staff - Maryalice Kilbourne to establish priorities in the approved categories. Planning Committee to ● Administrators - Stephen Saxton, ●Consideration to review these proposals. Matthew Pfleegor Membership must ● Board of Education - Donald ○Avoca Central Technology Plan Lester include: ● Parents - Meghan Cansdale, ○Building Condition Survey Tim Beecher ● Community - Bruce Fish-Gertz 5 6 Phase 1 Goal Phase 1 Goal Avoca Central School is proposing the use of This includes expanding video security, the Smart Schools Funds for improvements additional access control, adding digital of Safety and Security district wide. emergency classroom notification devices, and an emergency generator. 7 8

Phase 1 Goal Avoca Central School’s Phase 1 Budget Additional funds will be used to provide assistive $726,321 classroom listening devices in designated classrooms. 9 10 Next Steps What happens to the rest of the money ? Any remaining Smart Schools Funds will With the committee’s consent: continue to be available. The Smart Planning Committee must recommend their expenditure, 1. The Board of Education can accept the proposals as the preliminary plan. but they are “evergreen.” 11 12

Next Steps Final Steps 1. At a public hearing attached to the Board of Ed 1. Smart Schools Investment Plan is then published Meeting August 21, 2018 any comments on the on the school district web site with an email Smart Schools Investment Plan are reviewed and the plan can be approved by the Board of address for public comments for 30 days. Education. 2. Approved plan submitted to NYSED. 3. The Plan then churns through NYSED for about 15 to 18 months. 13 14 Please send any comments to ssaxton@avocacsd.org 15