FY 2019 Budget Presentation January 31, 2018 It Has to Begin and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FY 2019 Budget Presentation January 31, 2018

It Has to Begin and End with “The Student We Want to Graduate” I. Graduates Westerly High School College and/or Career Ready; prepared for success in whatever comes next II. Whatever “comes next” is of their choosing

Improving Educator Effectiveness and Building Leadership Capacity Strengthening Core Instruction Maximizing & the Systems of Organizational and Support that Fiscal Efficiencies Ensure CCR for All WPS Students

STRENGTHENING CORE INSTRUCTION & THE SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT THAT ENSURE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR ALL WPS STUDENTS • Ensuring that ALL Students have access to challenging, engaging and relevant courses and content • Ensuring that ALL students and their teachers have quality, standards-aligned curricular materials • Providing an array of research-based interventions for students who struggle and enriching accelerated learning opportunities for those who excel • Infusing technology, current research-based and data-driven instructional approaches so as to prepare ALL students for success in postsecondary life regardless of the path(s) THEY choose after graduation

IMPROVING EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS AND BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY • Recruiting, hiring, training and retaining teachers and leaders of the highest quality • Implementing a comprehensive educator induction model and a program of professional development that supports educators at all levels of experience and expertise • Establishing clearly articulated expectations for the quality of effort, work and commitment to the students of Westerly. Supporting educators, while insisting on, the meeting of those expectations • Leveraging educator evaluation and coaching to facilitate continuous improvement of both teaching and leadership practice via reflection on practice and impact on learning, goal setting and active engagement in the work of moving our district forward

MAXIMIZING ORGANIZATIONAL AND FISCAL EFFICIENCIES Examining all policies, practices and procedures to ensure that they ● “make sense” and can be clearly seen as supporting the priorities described above Ensuring that all available resources are used to maximum effect and ● that their effectiveness is frequently and closely monitored Carefully considering all staffing and resource needs through the lens of ● how decisions made will impact student learning Where necessary, redesigning, restructuring, re-imagining our school ● schedules and organizational charts in order better meet the needs of ALL students and to provide the access to rigorous content and the supports they need to be truly college and career ready

Funding Sources FY2018 General Fund Budget Local Appropriation $(45,710,811) Tuitions Preschool $ (67,150) Tuition From Other Districts $ (76,000) Transportation Revenue $ (3,400) Community Service Revenues $ (240,220) Rental Income $ (115,604) Miscellaneous $ (3,396) Unrestricted Grant in Aid $ (8,851,953) Medicaid Reimbursement $ (1,172,500) $ (56,241,034)

Funding Sources FY2018 Grant Allocations RIDE - Title I $ 566,571 RIDE - Title II $ 131,742 RIDE - Title III (Westerly)* $ 6,928 RIDE - IDEA Part B $ 958,160 RIDE - IDEA Special Education Preschool $ 27,773 RIDE - COZ $ 24,500 Education Exchange - Adult Education $ 47,358 United Way (3/1/17-2/28/18) $ 35,000 RI Commerce - P-Tech (7/1/16-6/30/18) $ 200,000 RI DOH - Parents as Teachers (10/1/16-9/30/17) $ 83,993 $ 2,082,025

Known Cost Drivers Staffing and Contractual Obligations Health Insurance Benefits Supplies and Materials Transportation Costs Utilities Facilities and Maintenance

Known Unknowns OOD determinations and Tuition rates Health Insurance Cost Fluxuations Transportation (Fuel) Costs Utilities Price Fluctuations Unanticipated Facilities and Maintenance Contingencies

Historical through FY 18

Where We Start Principals and Directors are initially instructed to plan for level funding (FY18 levels for FY19). They are also pressed for continual improvement of results (i.e. improved opportunities and outcomes for students) We look for opportunities to reallocate resources Only where no such opportunities exist do we seek additions

Salaries (Contractual Obligations) Includes: Step and Lane Increases Advanced Degrees Longevity Medical Coverage Dental Insurances Retirement Contributions 47.62 million worth of the 56 million budget proposal provides for salaries and benefits of the 571 staff members: an increase of 2.78 million in FY19 . $1.6 million of that increase is contractually mandated. +1,600,000

Special Education All positions, materials and contracted services (including out of district placements) are Individual Education Plan (IEP)-driven Our goal always is to meet the needs of all learners in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). This means in district, using the staff we have in place to the maximum extent possible. It does, sometimes, mean contracting for additional services (psyc., OOD, nursing etc.)

OOD Placements currently represent approximately 2.5 million dollars of the Operating Budget Anticipate a decrease in the number of students in OOD (by at least 1), we are leaving the line as is in anticipation of tuition increases. Needed adjustments can be made at a later date. Any additional staff and/or programs proposed are in an effort to better meet the needs of WPS students in district, thereby lessening the the need for OOD placements E.Q. When does it make fiscal sense to create new positions or programs as opposed to OODs?

Changes to Special Education Budget Reallocation With a student in the Transition Academy (ages 18-21) “aging out”, the 1.0 FTE nurse assigned to the student is no longer required The 70k in the FY18 Budget will be reallocated to Psychological Services. This line (currently at 30k) supports evaluation testing, consultations with outside agencies and direct therapeutic service delivery to students Net Impact $0

Known Tuition Increase We are currently in the second year of a contract for Occupational Therapy Services (OT). The contract calls for an increase of 1.1% 295,000 (2018) to 298,245 (2019) + 3,245

New Staffing Requests The addition of a 1.0 FTE Behavioral Support Teacher This would bring us to 2.0, provide for support of all three elementary schools, and aide in our efforts to both better meet the needs of students in district and make bringing students back more viable BSTs work directly with students with behavior goals written into the IEP All new WTA positions are budgeted on the assumption of Step 5 with benefits or 94K (based on family HSA) +94,000

4.0 Contracted Registered Behavior Technicians One per elementary and one for WMS Highly and specifically trained personnel assigned to work directly with students exhibiting behavioral challenges with the intent of improving outcomes, meeting needs through regular education supports and lessening the need for special education identification and potential OOD placement These are contracted services at 48,600 per position +194,400

Paraprofessionals Paraprofessionals are assigned based on IEP decisions only (with the exceptions of those in K and ESL) and are placed by the Director, usually in August, of each year. Exceptions are those who split their time across Kindergarten classes (5.5 district wide), those for ESL programming (4.0 districtwide) and 3 at WHS serving as Restorative Coaches/SSP The total number of IEP-driven paraprofessionals is 63.6 Request is for 2 additional paras for the WHS Transition Academy based on students moving into the program. All 808 para positions are budgeted on the assumption of cost of salary and benefits of 58k +116,000

Summary (Special Education) FY18 Special Education Budget 14,329, 884 Reallocation of 70K to Psych. Services 0 New Requests OT Contracted Increase 3,245 BST 94,000 4 RBTs (Contracted) 194,400 Paraprofesionals (2) 116,000 Net impact +407,645

Westerly High School Career & Technical Education Coordinator, Administrative Certification Required The prior elimination of an AP position at WHS has put significant strain on WHS. The principal and one assistant are responsible for all discipline, management, Section 504 hearings and conducting educator evaluations In order to provide the instructional leadership needed to improve outcomes and as we create additional pathway opportunities for students and we need to provide the leadership that grows the capacity of our teachers (65 WHS teachers slated to be evaluated in 18-19), we now have less support than required +150,000* *based on salary w/Masters stipend and family health insurance

Westerly High School 1.0 FTE to support new Medical Pathway at WHS. This position may be filled via transfer, but would still represent an added position @ 94k Medical Pathways program will also require in increase in supplies/materials line of 10k 1.0 FTE Math Remediation Teacher providing targeted,high leverage interventions to students attending WHS and significantly below standard in math. This will allow us to better meet the needs of these students and will be an issue of focus for NEASC visiting teams 94k +198,000