Board of Education Open Work Session #2 Planning Process Update, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 Aaliyah Buck, MacArthur High School Student BA Buttz, Decatur Public Schools Board of Education Bill Clevenger, Decatur Park District FACES 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 COMMITTEE Maria Ford, Decatur Public Schools Director of Community Engagement Dan Fuentes, Decatur Public Schools Retired Administrator Ashley Grayned, Decatur Public Schools Extended Learning Coordinator MEMBERS 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

Agenda • Work To Date • Revised Timeline • Requested Research • Small Group Work • Small Group Report Out • Next Steps

Driving Facilities Decisions • SDMS underutilized • Special Education space to accommodate growing programs • Johns Hill building in need of ✴ Highest needs (social and emotional) substantial repair ✴ Need for direct administrative support • Desire for expanded programming ✴ Specialists (psychologists and SEAs) • Expanding Pre-K programs (full-day) ✴ Waiting lists for Garfield & Johns Hill ✴ Anticipate grant for additional 1-2 • Expand and improve efficiency of classrooms in FY17 alternative programs ✴ Separate K-12 and Adult Ed ✴ One site for all K-12 alternative education programs

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

Work-To-Date & Lessons Learned • Brainstorming Options • Instructional programming before facilities • Survey of Community • Equity / Diversity • Formed Decatur FACES, held work sessions

The Charge to the FACES Planning Team…

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

Community Engagement • Built from the ground up • “Put your board member hat on” • Discovery is more powerful than persuasion • Uncovers community aspirations

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

Input from BOE Worksession #1 • Add information regarding what research says about structure • Add instructional programming component • Revise schedule accordingly

THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS W H E R E W H E R E W E A R E N O W H O W D O W E G E T T H E R E W E W A N T T O G O DECIDE DEFINE VISIONING DEVELOP EVALUATE ASSESS strategic for the solutions the options current objectives future conditions Community engagement

planning process F A C E S DECATUR • • • • P R O P O S E D S C H E D U L E Facility Advisory Committee for Exceptional Schools Decatur Public School District 61 2015 2016 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 SEP 17, 2015 D E R S A H E I L P statement, determine committee membership, adopt/revise proposed meeting structure T M E A Core Group Meeting #1: Plan FACES meeting #2 SEP 24, 2015 CORE GROUP FACES Team Meeting #2: Assessing & Brainstorming Work: review OCT 7, 2015 D E R S A H E I L P assessment of current facility needs; group to determine highest priority needs & to generate initial approaches for community presentation T E A M Core Group Meeting #2: Plan community engagement session (CES) #1 OCT 14, 2015 Will require concepts proposed by FACES team to be examined & revised CORE GROUP prior to CES meeting Board of Education Open Work Session #1: OCT 22, 2015 M M U N I O T C Y Work: review assessment, review visioning, review preliminary concepts, identify desired components of competing scenarios E T N N G E A G E M Core Croup Meeting #3: Plan FACES meeting #3 NOV 4, 2015 CORE GROUP E R A D S H E I FACES Team Meeting #3: Prepare for Board of Education Open Work NOV 11, 2015 L P Session #2 T M E A Core Group Meeting #4: Plan Board of Education Open Work Session #2 NOV 24, 2015 CORE GROUP M U N M I O T Board of Education Open Work Session #2: DEC 3, 2015 C Y Review Instructional Program Research; Identify preferred approaches E T N N G E A G E M Core Group Meeting #5: Plan FACES meeting #4 DEC 9, 2015 CORE GROUP D E R A S E H I L P FACES Team Meeting #4: Develop Planning Principles decision making rubric DEC 16, 2015 T E A M Core Group Meeting #6: Plan FACES meeting #5 TBD CORE GROUP FACES Team Meeting #5: Brainstorm initial solutions to implement A D E R S H E I L P preferred instructional approaches. Programmatic solutions, physical JAN 2016 solutions, or both. T M E A CORE Core group meeting #7: Plan FACES meeting #6 TBD GROUP D E R A S H E L I FACES Team Meeting #6: Review and revise initial approaches; prepare for P JAN 2016 Board of Education Open Work Session #3. T E M A Core group meeting #8: Plan BOE Open Work Session #3 (if needed) TBD CORE GROUP M U M N O I T C Y Board of Education Open Work Session #3: Review initial approaches; cull MAR 2016 and revise; identify strongest approaches. E T N N G E A M G E Core group meeting #9: Plan FACES meeting #7 TBD CORE GROUP D E R A S E H I FACES Team Meeting #7: Revise and improve strongest approaches; L P MAR 2016 prepare for BOE Open Work Session #4. T E M A Core group meeting #10: Plan for BOE Open Work Session #4 TBD CORE GROUP M M U N O I T C Y Board of Education Open Work Session #4: Select the strongest approach APR 2016 using the Planning Principles Rubric. E T N N G E A M G E Core group meeting #11: Plan for FACES meeting #8 TBD CORE GROUP E R A D S H E I L P FACES Meeting #8: Craft recommendation to the Board of Education. APR 2016 T M Core group meeting #12: Plan for the FACES recommendation to the Board E A TBD CORE of Education Presentation GROUP Board of Education Meeting: FACES committee presents recommendation/ U M M N O I T C Y fjndings of the Community Engagement Program for Board of Education MAY 2016 acceptance. E T N N G E A M G E

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

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