FY 2021 Budget Presentation February 26, 2020 It Has to Begin and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FY 2021 Budget Presentation February 26, 2020

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

Any budget; any Per Pupil Spending levels, and all allocations of resources are reflective of value judgements made by the School Committee on behalf of the Community they represent

If Westerly chooses to continue to strive to provide for rich, robust, and comprehensive programing; inclusive of high quality core and elective Academics, CTE, Foreign Language, Music, Art, PreK, Athletics and others, the budget will reflect that If the district chooses to continue to provide more than the minimum supports mandated by law for our students with disabilities, the budget will reflect that

Fact Check “Westerly teachers are the highest paid anywhere” The following districts pay their veteran teachers more than Westerly does Barrington Chariho Narragansett Exeter West Greenwich Warwick This is an incomplete list as not all districts report this data

Fact Check “Westerly spends the most per pupil of any district, well above the state average” The following districts have per pupil spending above the state average of $17, 355

The Academy for Career Exploration Tiverton Bristol Warren Foster Glocester Chariho Foster Middletown Scituate Providence SouthSide Elementary Lincoln Urban Collaborative Johnston Central Falls Metropolitan Career and Tech Center Warwick Exeter West Greenwich Davies Career and Technical South Kingstown Newport Westerly Narragansett Jamestown Little Compton New Shoreham The School for the Deaf

Fact Check “Even while enrollment has declined, the district has made not made any reductions to staffing”

Staffing Reductions FY2019 . . 75 Parent Academy Coordinator 1.0 Bus Driver 1.0 Bus Monitor 1.0 Custodian 1.0 Social Worker 1.0 Special Education Teacher 1.0 Math Teacher WHS 1.0 Grade 3 Teacher DCS (offset by opening of Grade 4 classroom) 1.0 Kindergarten Teacher SES 1.0 Grade 1 Teacher SSS .80 IT Field Technician 1.0 Data Analyst 1.0 Director of Technology 12.55 FTE Reduction

Staff Additions FY2019 1.0 Finance/Business Assistant 1.0 Medical Pathways Teacher (offset reduction Music Teacher) 1.0 Transportation Dispatcher Prior to the opening of school in September, an additional teacher was also placed in Grade 4 at DCS 3.0 FTE Addition

Staff Reductions FY2020 .50 Behavior Specialist 1.0 Bus Monitor 1.5 Calendar Year Secretary .50 Custodian 1.0 Dean of Students 1.0 Director of Human Resources .40 District Department Head for Student Services 1.0 English Teacher 1.0 Grade 3 Teacher 1.0 Kindergarten Teacher .50 Librarian

Staff Reductions FY2020 (continued) .50 Paraprofessional Kindergarten 6.55 Paraprofessionals .31 Parent Educator 1.20 Physical Education Teachers .60 Reading Specialist .97 School Bus Driver .86 School Year Secretary 1.0 Social Studies Teacher 1.0 Special Education Teacher .20 Speech Pathologist 1.25 Youth Development Professional 23.84 FTE Reduction

Staff Additions FY2020 1.0 Assistant Principal WMS .25 Building Substitute Teacher 3.45 Cafeteria Recess Aide .20 Cosmo Technical Assistant .87 Culinary Technical Assistant 1.0 Grade 4 Teacher .20 Help Desk Technician .80 OST Site Manager .08 Social Worker 7.85 FTE Addition

Proposed Staff Reductions FY2021 .20 Building Assistant 4.0 Bus Monitor .50 Custodian 1.0 Grade 4 Teacher 1.0 Grade 5 Teacher 1.0 Help Desk Technician .58 Literacy Assistant .50 Music Teacher .50 Safety Officer .50 Social Worker .60 WHS Teachers 10.38 FTE Reduction

Proposed Staff Additions FY2021 .12 Secretary .10 Paraprofessional .20 Physical Education Teacher 1.0 Plumber .50 Pre-K Teacher .60 Special Education Teacher 2.52 FTE Addition

Staff Changes Summary FY2021 Decrease of 7.86 FTE FY2020 Decrease of 15.99 FTE FY2019 Decrease of 9.55 FTE 33.4 FTE Decrease

Context The Westerly Public Schools serves 2,795 students in grades PK-12 48 WPS-eligible students attend charter schools 55 WPS-eligible students are homeschooled 91 WPS-eligible students attend Chariho for Vocational Programming 40 WPS students are in Out of District (OOD) Placements 2 more are in Alternative Placements (RYSE and RI School for the Deaf) 13 WPS students are in the Transition Program 11 Preschool Drive in Speech students The district operates its own transportation services with 32 buses assigned to 129 morning and afternoon routes per day.

Funding Sources FY2020 General Fund Budget Local Appropriation $48,459,463 Tuitions Preschool $57,375 Tuition From Other Districts $81,000 Transportation Revenue $ 3,400 Community Service Revenues $237,220 Rental Income $38,857 Miscellaneous $3,396 Unrestricted Grant in Aid $8,717,133 Medicaid Reimbursement $1,272,500 $58,870,344

Funding Sources FY2021 General Fund Budget Local Appropriation $50,124,718* Tuitions Preschool $51,510 Tuition From Other Districts $52,545 Transportation Revenue $5,000 Community Service Revenues $303,650 Rental Income $50,500 Miscellaneous $3,396 Unrestricted Grant in Aid $8,298,599 Medicaid Reimbursement $1,158,803 *Proposed as of 01/29/2020

Funding Sources Estimated FY2021 Grant Allocations RIDE - Title I $742,970 RIDE - Title II $231,517 RIDE-Title III(Consortium) $33,664 RIDE - Title IV $31,809 RIDE - IDEA Part B $1,076,676 RIDE - IDEA Special Education Preschool $29,949 RIDE – CTE Categorical Funding $126,409 RIDE – EL Categorical Funding $5,534 RIDE - COZ $44,500 United Way (3/1/20-2/28/21) $70,000 RI DOH - Parents as Teachers (10/1/20-9/30/21) $120,401 $2,513,429

Known Cost Drivers Staffing and Contractual Obligations CTE Tuitions Health Insurance Benefits (tentatively budgeted 2% increase) Supplies and Materials Transportation Costs Utilities Facilities and Maintenance – 2% Target for FY21, 2.5% for FY22, 3% for FY23.

Known Unknowns OOD Determinations and Tuition Rates CTE Enrollments/Tuitions Health Insurance Cost Fluxuations Transportation (Fuel) Costs Unanticipated Facilities and Maintenance Contingencies

Where We Start Principals and Directors are initially instructed to plan for level funding (i.e. FY20 levels for FY21) 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