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R ECOMMENDATIONS TO THE B OARD OF E DUCATION Presented by Engage 204 Facilitating Team Leaders: Jessica Johnson, Mark Lobos, Crystal Porter and Archana Sharma 1 Agenda Why Engage 204? Engage 204 in Review Recommendations from


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RECOMMENDATIONS

TO THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Presented by Engage 204 Facilitating Team Leaders: Jessica Johnson, Mark Lobos, Crystal Porter and Archana Sharma

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Agenda

  • Why Engage 204?
  • Engage 204 in Review
  • Recommendations from Engage 204

Participants

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Why Engage 204?

  • Formation of a broad-based team of

community and staff members to solicit stakeholder hopes, feedback, ideas and suggestions

  • Engage in meaningful dialogue and discussion
  • Gather input from the community to advise the

Board in the formulation of a plan for immediate, intermediate, and long-term planning

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Why Engage 204?

Purpose

  • Review current and accurate information that

reflects the community’s priorities related to the future operations and educational opportunities for students in District 204

  • Involve a broad-based group of citizens in

dialogue and deliberation

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The Process

  • Facilitating Team (FT)
  • Community Engagement Sessions (CES)

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Facilitating Team

Members Role

  • Community Team Leaders
  • Community Members
  • Staff Representatives
  • District Leadership
  • Board of Education

Liaisons

  • Process
  • Strategy
  • Communications
  • Agendas
  • Materials
  • Final Report of Community

Recommendations

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Facilitating Team

Team Roster

Community Team Leaders Jessica Johnson Mario Lambert Mark Lobos

  • Dr. Crystal Porter

Archana Sharma Community Members Peter Barnard Audra Braski Ruby Chawla Annie Cole Aurelie Dubois Angie Gaul Christine Jeffries Chris Leshock Rachel Ossyra Eric Rose Randy Sidio Chad Stevens District Representatives

  • Dr. Karen Sullivan

Jay Strang Janet Buglio Paul Gamboa School Board Members Mike Raczak Susan Demming 7

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CES Calendar/Syllabus

Session Date/Time Location

CES 1 November 14, 2017

7:00-9:00 pm

Still Middle School CES 2 December 7, 2017

7:00-9:00 pm

Still Middle School CES 3 January 29, 2018

7:00-9:00 pm

Still Middle School CES 4 February 26, 2018

7:00-9:00 pm

Still Middle School CES 5 March 20, 2018

7:00-9:00 pm

Still Middle School Presentation to the Board May 21, 2018

7:00 pm

Crouse Education Center 8

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Session Attendance

  • Nearly 490 stakeholders attended at least one

session

  • Average session attendance was 131

stakeholders

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Session Attendance

Type Total Parent (Current Student) 421 Parent (Former Student) 53 Parent (Future Student) 41 Alumni 17 Staff 44 Community Member 90 Business Owner 18

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Additional Feedback

In addition to in-person feedback provided by attendees at each Engage 204 session, the district received:

  • 13 emails
  • 19 comment cards

This additional feedback covered 14 different topics including: achievement gap, boundaries, and school safety

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What did we learn?

ENGAGE 204 RECOMMENDATIONS

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Community Engagement Topics

  • Session 1 – State of the District
  • Session 2 – Changing Enrollment
  • Session 3 – Academics
  • Session 4 – Facilities
  • Session 5 – Budget

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Community Engagement Presenters

  • Session 1 – Dr. Karen Sullivan, Superintendent
  • Session 2 – Jay Strang, Chief School Business Official

Robert Schwarz, RSP & Associates

  • Session 3 – Kathy Pease, Chief Academic Officer
  • Dr. Louis Lee, Assistant Superintendent
  • Session 4 – Jay Strang, Chief School Business Official

Todd DePaul, Building Operations Director Jennifer Costanzo, Architect, STR Partners LLC

  • Session 5 – Jay Strang, Chief School Business Official

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Finances

Engage 204 participants provided feedback regarding financial priorities.

  • Facilities’ & Programming Needs
  • Priorities

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Finances

Priority recommendations:

  • 1. Class size ($16.7M annual)
  • 2. Deferred maintenance projects ($10M)
  • 3. Teacher salaries ($7.5M annual)
  • 4. Additional staff ($4.2M annual)
  • 5. Locks and intercoms ($2M) tied with
  • 5. Space for alternative high school and STEPS

program ($1.2M annual)

  • 7. Elementary air conditioning ($7M)
  • 8. Capital maintenance spending ($4M annual)

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Academic Programs & Services

Engage 204 participants suggested that the school district explore various opportunities to continue to enhance the students’ future readiness.

  • Teacher Training & Additional Staff
  • Student Wellness
  • Class Sizes
  • STEPS/Special Education

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Facilities & Maintenance

Engage 204 participants offered suggestions for addressing facility maintenance and improvements.

  • Facility Improvements
  • Safety and Security
  • Financial Options

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School Boundaries

Engage 204 participants noted the importance of addressing the under-utilized and over-utilized schools in Indian Prairie School District 204.

  • Comprehensive Redistricting Study
  • Neighborhood Consideration
  • Transportation
  • Travel Times

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Additional Considerations

  • Engage 204 gathered important feedback

from a relatively small sample of District stakeholders.

– Explore utilizing a comprehensive feedback mechanism to gather broader community input on potential solutions

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Additional Considerations

  • Consider new information that may impact

key decisions to be made as it becomes available.

– Wagner Farms – This information became available after the Changing Enrollment presentation in Session Two. – As such, community recommendations are based on information that did not include this factor that will impact student enrollment in the south end of the District.

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Facilitating Team Impressions

  • The Engage 204 process provided valuable

information to the IPSD 204 stakeholders

  • The information presented and subsequent

discussion clearly illustrated the school district’s significant need for funding

  • It is evident from the Engage 204 process

that important decisions need to be made to ensure IPSD 204 will be able to effectively meet future needs of students and staff

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Engage 204 Information

  • IPSD 204 stakeholders are encouraged to

review the information shared during the Engage 204 process.

  • Session presentation videos and slides as

well as small group responses will continue to be available at engage204.org

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