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Board of Education Open Work Session #2 Planning Process Update, December 3, 2015 Larry Altenbaumer, Grow Decatur Laura Anderson, Decatur Public Schools Assistant Principal, Eisenhower High School Diondria Banner, Eisenhower High School Parent

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Board of Education Open Work Session #2

Planning Process Update, December 3, 2015

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Larry Altenbaumer, Grow Decatur Laura Anderson, Decatur Public Schools Assistant Principal, Eisenhower High School Diondria Banner, Eisenhower High School Parent Aaliyah Buck, MacArthur High School Student BA Buttz, Decatur Public Schools Board of Education Bill Clevenger, Decatur Park District Todd Covault , Decatur Public Schools Chief Operational Officer Randy Dotson, Decatur Public Schools Coordinator of Transportation Michael Dugan, Decatur Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Dean Espenschied, Archer Daniels Midland Co Maria Ford, Decatur Public Schools Director of Community Engagement Dan Fuentes, Decatur Public Schools Retired Administrator Ashley Grayned, Decatur Public Schools Extended Learning Coordinator Shelith Hansbro, MacArthur High School Parent Brian Hodges, Decatur Public Schools Board of Education Bruce Jeffery, Boys and Girls Club Sam Johnson, BLDD Architects, Inc. Suzanne Kreps, Decatur Education Association Kathy Massey, Director Macon Piatt Special Education District Shauna Mays, MacArthur High School Parent Ryan McCrady, Economic Development Corporation Embra Patterson, Pastor of House of Faith Church Kevin Richardson, Eisenhower High School Student Joe Riley, Building and Construction Trades Mike Sotiroff, Decatur Public Schools Director of Buildings and Grounds Lisa Taylor, Decatur Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Townes, Eisenhower High School Parent Billy Tyus, City of Decatur Jason Wallace, Decatur Public Schools Principal, Pershing Early Learning Center Bobbi Williams, Decatur Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Rod Wright, Unicom Arc

FACES

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Agenda

  • Work To Date
  • Revised Timeline
  • Requested Research
  • Small Group Work
  • Small Group Report Out
  • Next Steps
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Driving Facilities Decisions

  • SDMS underutilized
  • Johns Hill building in need of

substantial repair

  • Desire for expanded programming

✴ Waiting lists for Garfield & Johns Hill

  • Expand and improve efficiency of

alternative programs ✴ Separate K-12 and Adult Ed ✴ One site for all K-12 alternative education

programs

  • Special Education space to

accommodate growing programs ✴ Highest needs (social and emotional) ✴ Need for direct administrative support ✴ Specialists (psychologists and SEAs)

  • Expanding Pre-K programs (full-day)

✴ Anticipate grant for additional 1-2

classrooms in FY17

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Driving Facilities Decisions

  • Increasing demand for choices by parents

✴ Montessori (Garfield and Enterprise) ✴ STEM (French) ✴ Technology (Durfee) ✴ Fine Arts (Johns Hill) ✴ Laboratory (Dennis) ✴ International Baccalaureate

  • Desire to keep K-8 magnet students in DPS for high school

✴ High school option vs. high school pathway

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Work-To-Date & Lessons Learned

  • Brainstorming Options
  • Survey of Community
  • Formed Decatur FACES, held

work sessions

  • Instructional programming before

facilities

  • Equity / Diversity
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The Charge to the FACES Planning Team…

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To formulate a long-term facilities plan that maximizes the opportunities to provide a quality education for all Decatur students, optimizing the effectiveness of the District's educational facilities. The facilities plan will need to develop recommendations addressing long-term planning needs as well as urgent, short-term planning needs. To accomplish this goal, the Facilities Planning Team has the following goals for its work:

  • Develop recommendations for the following "Immediate Decisions - Continued Planning" issues

Identify the most effective use of the SDMS facility Identify the optimal facility solution to house the John's Hill program Identify the optimal facility solution to house the Montessori program Identify the optimal facility solution for the Social Emotional Alternative Program and MPSED offices Identify the optimal facility solution(s) for expanding Pre-K Programs in the district

  • Develop and explore competing scenarios for the future of the district's Middle School Facilities
  • Explore potential high performing programs (Montessori, Fine Arts, IB, PYP) to offer the best educational alternative to

students residing within the school district boundary

  • Adopt a process to engage the community, uncovering community aspirations for the future of the school district's

facilities, and develop a plan that is built upon community input

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Community Engagement

  • Built from the ground up
  • “Put your board member hat on”
  • Discovery is more powerful than

persuasion

  • Uncovers community aspirations
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Meeting Format

  • Everyone has a chance to contribute
  • Works to build consensus
  • Works to build shared ownership or

a common understanding

  • Helps to uncover community

aspirations

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Input from BOE Worksession #1

  • Add information regarding what research says about structure
  • Add instructional programming component
  • Revise schedule accordingly
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THE

MASTER PLAN PROCESS

ASSESS

current conditions

VISIONING

for the future

DEVELOP

solutions

EVALUATE

the options

DEFINE

strategic

  • bjectives

Community engagement

DECIDE

H O W D O W E G E T T H E R E W H E R E W E A R E N O W W H E R E W E W A N T T O G O

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planning process

TASK: DATE(S) SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY

IMMEDIATE PLANNING ISSUES - PHASE 1 FACES Team Meeting #1: Organizational Meeting Work: Adopt purpose statement, determine committee membership, adopt/revise proposed meeting structure SEP 17, 2015 Core Group Meeting #1: Plan FACES meeting #2 SEP 24, 2015 FACES Team Meeting #2: Assessing & Brainstorming Work: review assessment of current facility needs; group to determine highest priority needs & to generate initial approaches for community presentation OCT 7, 2015 Core Group Meeting #2: Plan community engagement session (CES) #1 Will require concepts proposed by FACES team to be examined & revised prior to CES meeting OCT 14, 2015 Board of Education Open Work Session #1: Work: review assessment, review visioning, review preliminary concepts, identify desired components of competing scenarios OCT 22, 2015 Core Croup Meeting #3: Plan FACES meeting #3 NOV 4, 2015 FACES Team Meeting #3: Prepare for Board of Education Open Work Session #2 NOV 11, 2015 Core Group Meeting #4: Plan Board of Education Open Work Session #2 NOV 24, 2015 Board of Education Open Work Session #2: Review Instructional Program Research; Identify preferred approaches DEC 3, 2015 Core Group Meeting #5: Plan FACES meeting #4 DEC 9, 2015 FACES Team Meeting #4: Develop Planning Principles decision making rubric DEC 16, 2015 Core Group Meeting #6: Plan FACES meeting #5 TBD FACES Team Meeting #5: Brainstorm initial solutions to implement preferred instructional approaches. Programmatic solutions, physical solutions, or both. JAN 2016 Core group meeting #7: Plan FACES meeting #6 TBD FACES Team Meeting #6: Review and revise initial approaches; prepare for Board of Education Open Work Session #3. JAN 2016 Core group meeting #8: Plan BOE Open Work Session #3 (if needed) TBD Board of Education Open Work Session #3: Review initial approaches; cull and revise; identify strongest approaches. MAR 2016 Core group meeting #9: Plan FACES meeting #7 TBD FACES Team Meeting #7: Revise and improve strongest approaches; prepare for BOE Open Work Session #4. MAR 2016 Core group meeting #10: Plan for BOE Open Work Session #4 TBD Board of Education Open Work Session #4: Select the strongest approach using the Planning Principles Rubric. APR 2016 Core group meeting #11: Plan for FACES meeting #8 TBD FACES Meeting #8: Craft recommendation to the Board of Education. APR 2016 Core group meeting #12: Plan for the FACES recommendation to the Board
  • f Education Presentation
TBD Board of Education Meeting: FACES committee presents recommendation/ fjndings of the Community Engagement Program for Board of Education acceptance. MAY 2016

2015

L E A D E R S H I P T E A M L E A D E R S H I P T E A M L E A D E R S H I P T E A M L E A D E R S H I P T E A M CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP CORE GROUP C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T

Decatur Public School District 61

F A C E S

Facility Advisory Committee for Exceptional Schools DECATUR
  • P R O P O S E D S C H E D U L E
L E A D E R S H I P T E A M L E A D E R S H I P T E A M C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T L E A D E R S H I P T E A M

2016

L E A D E R S H I P T E A M
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What Research Tells Us

  • Nothing obvious, given how many variables exist
  • Possible Pre-High School configurations

✴ Elementary K-5 (6) ✴ Middle (6) 7-8 ✴ “Elemiddle” K-8

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What Research Tells Us

  • K-8 growth is up 35% nationally from 2000 to 2012
  • Vast majority of MS students in K-8 schools perform better academically and

behaviorally than those in MS or JH schools

✴ Higher Mathematics and Reading scores, GPAs, and completed credits ✴ Less likely to be tardy, absent, disciplined or suspended

  • Better self-esteem and positive self-perception than peers in traditional MS
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What Research Tells Us

  • Research is less conclusive about why

✴ Possibly due to stability of environment ✴ Students undergo a difficult transition at precisely the time they may need increased

attention to social and academic needs

  • Simply reconfiguring grades is not sufficient to improve student outcomes; K-8

schools must implement proven middle-level best practices

✴ Student-centered focus ✴ Properly prepared teachers ✴ Developmentally responsive, comprehensive guidance and counseling program

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What Research Tells Us

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Small-Group Work

  • Facilitated by FACES Committee

members

  • Open and honest communication
  • Report out to whole by table
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Small-Group Work

  • For our existing configurations (K-6, 7-8, K-8), identify

strengths and challenges to maintain

  • For the Elemiddle configurations (K-8, K-4 & 5-8), identify

strengths and challenges to implement

What is our optimal configuration for schools serving Pre-HS students?

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F A C E S

Facility Advisory Committee for Exceptional Schools DECATUR
  • Table #:

Existing configuration: K-6, K-8, 7-8 K-8 configuration: K-8 Challenges Strengths

WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM ARRANGEMENT FOR GRADES k-8?

Board of Education Open Work Session #2:

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Small-Group Reporting

Report out highlights of discussion Repeat briefly to reiterate others Keep comments brief; all voices are important

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Next Steps & Thanks